The Fountain (2006)

Probably one of my favourite movies ever, if not my most favourite movie ever. Together we will live forever. Forever? Forever.

With his beloved wife suffering from terminal cancer, a scientist works hard to find a miraculous cure for her terrible disease, while having trouble with the terrible thought that they might get separated way too soon. At the same time, two more stories unfold, one in ancient Spain and the other in space, all somehow linked, presenting the idea of a man who seeks eternal life with his beloved.It's an unique movie, one which presents three apparently different stories but which all have the same core concept. Each male character swears to do everything in his power for a chance to spend time with his lover, forever if possible. It's full of drama and emotion, presenting in detail the sufferings of the characters, their desperate attempts to fulfil their quests and what lies ahead for each of them. You simply have to be very though in order not to drop a tear, as this movie seems determined to make you cry with it's very well developed characters and its parallel stories.Although it seems confusing from time to time, changing the story almost out of nowhere, it manages to keep the viewer interested and curious about what will happen next. It manages to link two of the stories pretty well, this being the main point of interest in my opinion, but the third one seems a bit off. It tries to present the spiritual part of the story, but it somehow left the feeling that it wasn't all that connected as it should have been.All in all, I really liked this movie. It brought plenty of drama which makes you care for the characters and their fate, thus keeping you eager to find out how it ends. It's unique idea manages to be at the same time it's most important plus but also a bit of a let-down, in terms of connection. I had a very good time with it so I will definitely recommend it to anyone. It brings something new, a fresh idea, and this alone deserves recognition, not to mention the feelings involved throughout.

this movie is a fraud , a disaster , it barely deserves 3 stars , so corrupted , destroyed the laws of physics and nature , i bet that if Einstein was alive at the time this film was made he would hang himself to death despite the religion nonsense this movie is related to,there are 3 stories which the movie is telling about , in which I've been waiting the whole time so i can relate and at the end i couldn't , nonsense all the time , you feel yourself lost , and this guy in the bubble with the tree floating all over the space .a mix of mythology and crap can define this movie please do not waste your time

All Spoilers, just writing for my future self. So that I will be able to know myself when I will re watch he will re watch it.A biologist who is married (but has lost his engagement ring somehow) is about to loss his wife due to some sort of cancer (tumor). She is losing her senses (only shown to have lost sense for sensing temperature). She has a seizure and was admitted to the hospital. Meanwhile, our biologist is trying to find cure for tumor by testing different drugs on monkeys(the test subjects). While he was upset and thinking about her wife condition, nurse warned the doctor the the test subject has been open for some time and is about to die if nothing is done soon. So they tried everything and nothing worked. Then he realized (which is shown as looking up to peep in his mind palace), that some extract from some tree could help stabilize her (monkey). And it worked. The monkey is better than before except her tumor. But he wanted to cure tumor so that he can save his wife. His team tested the same herb on different subject and it worked except the tumor is there, which later on starts decreasing. Now there are two other sets are there in the movie. One is the doctors mind palace, shown as a shown in an invisible bubble traveling in space. Inside it is dead tree of life and the doctor as a monk. The other is the fountain the book which her wife was writing. He has to complete the last chapter of the book as she could do it. So in the last chapter he writes the person who attacked him somehow realizes that he is not the second one to come to him after his after but he is the faster only. So he offer his throat. The lead character of the story moves on to find the tree of life. He stabbed his dagger in the tree trunk. A white shampoo like liquid comes out it. Which when dropped on ground kick started the growth of weed (life). Then he healed his wounds withe the same liquid. Then for unknown reason started drinking the liquid. Which kick started the growth of weed throughout his body thus killing the body. Meanwhile the mind palace guy is going into an about to die start. Which die with a supernova thus killing him and reviving the tree of life.