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A young woman has lost access to her memory. Modern laboratory technology makes it possible to send her on a dream journey of remembrance. Her brain is connected to a computer that confronts her with video recordings from her past, with vacation and family photos that everyone is familiar with and that nevertheless become an unforgettable part of one's own memory because they can be accessed at any time. Using silent film and techniques from the video age, the film tells a story about the intrusion of media into individual memory.
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Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and may be too late to correct his mistake.

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries to reconcile the father she knew with the troubled man she didn't.