
Twenty years. Two people.
Plot outline
Personal notes
Cast
- Anne Hathaway
- Jim Sturgess
- Tom Mison
- Jodie Whittaker
- Tim Key
- Rafe Spall
- Joséphine de La Baume
- Patricia Clarkson
- Ken Stott
- Heida Reed
- Amanda Fairbank-Hynes
- Gil Alma
- David Ajala
- Georgia King
- Ukweli Roach
- Lorna Gayle
- Clara Paget
- Matt Berry
- Romola Garai
- Diana Kent
- James Laurenson
- Matthew Beard
- Toby Regbo
- Thomas Arnold
- Eden Mengelgrein
- Kayla Mengelgrein
- Sienna Poppy-Rodgers
- Sébastien Dupuis
- Maisie Fishbourne
- Phoebe Fox
- Emilia Jones
- Joanna Ampil
- Augustina Amoa
- Greg Bennett
- Mike Binder
- Ben Champniss
- Bern Collaço
- Leigh Daniels
- Sarah-Jane De Crespigny
- Seelan Gunaseelan
- Natalie Hallam
- John Hiorns
- John Samuel Kande
- Vander McLeod
- Chloe Page
- Caroline Royce
- Cristian Valle
- Belle Williams
Plots
After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Emma are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
Emma and Dexter meet on the night of their university graduation. We see them every year on the anniversary of that date - July 15th. Emma is smart but success doesn't come quickly for her, whereas for Dexter, success and women come very easily. Through the years they grow apart as their lives take different directions and they meet other people. But as they grow apart from those other people and their lives start taking opposite directions again, Emma and Dexter find that they belong with each other.
Adapted from author David Nicholls' critically acclaimed novel of the same name, director Lone Scherfig's One Day stars Anne Hathaway as a principled working-class girl who forges a unique bond with a wealthy jet-setter that spans two decades. July 15, 1988: Emma (Hathaway) is about to enter the real world. An idealist from humble upbringings, she dreams of making the world a better place for everyone. On the night of her graduation, Emma (Hathaway) meets Dexter (Jim Sturgess), a wealthy flirt without a care in the world. Dexter is also graduating, though unlike Emma he looks forward to a future of comfort and privilege. By checking back with Emma and Dexter every July 15th for the next 20 years, we experience their happiness, hardships, and heartache as they strive to live out their dreams, and find meaning in a world that's constantly changing.