Actors (Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent) take on multiple roles in an epic that spans five centuries. An attorney harbors a fleeing slave on a voyage from the Pacific Islands in 1849; a poor composer in pre-World War II Britain struggles to finish his magnum opus before a past act catches up with him; a genetically engineered worker in 2144 feels the forbidden stirring of human consciousness -- and so on. As souls are born and reborn, they renew their bonds to one another throughout time.
Tom Hanks; Halle Berry; Jim Sturgess; Bae Doona; Hugo Weaving; Hugh Grant; Ben Shishaw; Jim Broadbent; David Mitchell; Susan Saradon; James D'Arcy; Keith David; Zhou Xun; David Gysai