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21 Grams is a american film of genre Drama directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu released in USA on 16 january 2004 with Sean Penn

21 Grams (2003)

21 Grams
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Released in USA 16 january 2004
Length 2h4
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime
Rating75% 3.7983553.7983553.7983553.7983553.798355

21 Grams is a 2003 American drama film directed by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay written by Guillermo Arriaga. It stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro.

Like Arriaga's and González Iñárritu's previous film, Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams interweaves several plot lines, around the consequences of a tragic automobile accident. Penn plays a critically ill mathematician, Watts plays a grief-stricken mother, and Del Toro plays a born-again Christian ex-convict whose faith is sorely tested in the aftermath of the accident.

As the second part of Trilogy of Death, 21 Grams is presented in a nonlinear arrangement where the lives of the characters are depicted before and after the accident. The three main characters each have "past," "present," and "future" story threads, which are shown as non-linear fragments that punctuate elements of the overall story, all imminently coming toward each other and coalescing as the story progresses.

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The story is told in a non-linear manner. The following is a linear, chronological summary of the plot:

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