The plot centers around a young man, Tom, living in the United States in the 1970s. Everyone in the country is suffering from long-term memory loss, which is why they have to keep diaries on a daily basis and write down everything happening to them. Tom accidentally finds a diary of a girl, whom he doesn’t remember, where she describes a poignant love story with him.  After a long search, he finds this girl, but only to learn that she is married, and of course, has no idea who he is. Having fallen in love with her, he gets a job at their house doing repairs in order to find out what had really happened between them. Obsessed with his feelings for her, he makes many sacrifices for the sake of his love, and as it turns out, eventually at her great expense. 

SYNOPSIS:

Tom Glasby is a young man living in the United States in the 1970s. Everyone in the country is

suffering from long-term memory loss, which is why they have to keep diaries on a daily basis and

write down everything happening to them. Tom works in a diaries thrift store, a place where people

can pawn their diaries, whereas curious readers can buy them. There, he finds a diary of a girl,

Linda, where she describes a poignant love story. With him.

Tom is looking for any mentions of Linda in his diaries, but can't find anything. Obsessed with the

idea to find Linda, Tom begins his search. First of all, he heads to his sister Alice, who lives in a

dissidents' settlement. Alice is a member of a dissident commune, they deliberately keep no records

and live "one day at a time". Tom asks Alice about evocative drugs, but she talks him out of this

idea. She tells Tom about their memory training program whose key point is a long medicated sleep

to get rid of all the memories.

Tom continues his search and heads to the Information Support Center. There he finds a newspaper

clipping with a photo of Linda standing in front of her house. Having searched half the city, he finds

it. Posing as a Linda's classmate Tom talks to her mother and finds out that Linda has moved. Her

parents drive to visit their daughter, Tom follows them and finally sees Linda. It's a love at first

sight.

Turns out that Linda's married, but Tom, obsessed with the idea to see her, starts coming to her

house every 7 days, so that she has time to forget him. Every time he's a new man for her. Once he

introduces himself as a lost driver, then pretends that his car has broken down. One day he dresses

up as a house renovation worker, but instead of Linda, Joe, Linda's husband, opens the door. Tom

tries to leave, says he's got the wrong address. Joe suddenly tells that it's the right address and he

has actually expected someone from a house renovation company. After some hesitation, Tom

agrees to do some work, hoping that he might get a chance to learn more about Linda.

Tom starts working at their house. After watching their family, he realises that not everything is so

smooth in their marriage. Tom and Linda become chummy after getting stuck in the storm. Linda

offers Tom her help in painting the walls, saying that she likes the smell of paint. She tells Tom that

she wants to be a writer.

Joe works as an alcohol distributor and asks Tom to help him with his work. Tom and Joe deliver

alcohol to the bars, Joe coaxes Tom to have a few drinks and introduces him to some of his friends.

Tom realises that Joe is cheating on Linda, that pushes him to act decisively.

It's Linda's birthday. Tom buys her a golden necklace as a gift and decides to tell her the whole truth

and to show her the diaries. Tom congratulates Linda. Turns out that Joe's forgot her birthday.

Linda's upset, it's a critical point of their marriage. Joe leaves to buy her a present, Linda asks Tom

to spend this birthday with her.

Tom drives to his place to change for the evening, then heads back to pick up Linda. He arrives

earlier, Linda is not at home. Joe, however, is waiting for Tom on the porch. Without hiding his

intentions, Tom takes a bouquet of flowers and walks to the porch to wait for Linda. Realising

what's going on, Joe sneers at his audacity, avoiding an open conflict. He asks Tom to drop him off

somewhere and then drive his car back home.Joe is driving, he starts asking Tom about his relationships with Linda. During the conversation it

turns out that Tom's forgot his bag, Joe's found Linda's diaries and has burned it. He isn't going to

give up on his wife. Tom gets furious, they start fighting, Joe loses control of a car and they get in

an accident.

Tom wakes up in the car. Joe is dead. Tom, to his own surprise, is safe and sound. He takes it as a

sign, leaves Joe's body and heads to Linda.

Lake shore, night. Tom and Linda are drinking wine, talking. Linda shares her feelings, talks about

divorce. During the conversation it turns out that Linda used to write some fictional stories and sell

them as real diaries. Tom realises that their love story from the diary - is a lie. He is devastated,

crushed. He takes a moment to pull himself together, tipsy Linda gets into the water. It's too late, he

is utterly in love. Tom follows her. They make love in the water.

Tom and Linda go back to her house and see the the police cars. A police officer tells Linda that Joe

is dead. She is distraught. They give Tom some strong sleeping pills for Linda and leave.

In the morning Linda's changed toward Tom. She asks him to leave, says she can't be with him. She

feels guilty for her husband's death. Tom tries to calm her down, but she is adamant. Tom sees

sleeping pills, recalling what his sister Alice has told him about the sleeping pills and complete

memory loss. It's his last chance. He puts the pills in a glass of water, gives it to Linda and waits.

Tom buys more sleeping pills from Alice and gives them to Linda twice a day. He burns her diaries

and all the photos of Joe and Linda. One day Tom can't wake Linda up to give her another pill. He

is in a panic. He calls Alice, she tells him to put Linda on an IV. Tom puts her on a drip, packs her

things and takes Linda away.

A few months later. Tom and Linda live in a small town, Tom works on a construction site, Linda

writes. From their conversations we understand that Tom's told Linda that they lost all their diaries

and records. Linda's trying to find any information about their previous life. Tom's broken inside,

tormented by the guilt and fear of their future.

One evening, driving home from work, Tom sees the police cars and an old couple, Linda's parents,

by their house. Tom realises that he is facing a prison, turns back and leaves. He is shattered, he

doesn't know what to do. Tom can't see the road through tears and almost gets hit by a car. He stops

the car, calms down and decides to go back. Pulling up to the house he sees that there's no one there.

Linda's gone. He walks into an empty house and falls on the bed.

In the silence he hears someone entering the house. It's Linda. She tells Tom that she's told police

that she's asked Tom to give her those pills and she's refused to press charges.

Linda reads Tom's diary where he's been writing all the story about Linda. She tears one page out

and burns the diary, then walks to the bedroom, wakes Tom up and gives him a sleeping pill.

THE END