21 Grams 2003

21 Grams is a 2003 American crime thriller film co-produced and directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu and written by Guillermo Arriaga. The film stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro. The second part of Arriaga's and Iñárritu's "Trilogy of Death", preceded by Amores perros (2000) and followed by Babel (2006), 21 Grams interweaves several plot lines in a nonlinear arrangement.

Plot

The story is told in a nonlinear manner. The following is a chronological summary of the plot:

author	Guillermo Arriaga
award	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
director	Alejandro González Iñárritu
editor	Stephen Mirrione
events	suicide
genre	crime drama thriller
keywords	abortion artificial insemination beat betray connect dedicate drug addiction even family life heart condition love mathematics nonlinear nonlinear narrative obsess private detective rejecting the transplant sleep transplant rejection waiting room walk widow
musicBy	Gustavo Santaolalla
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role BAFTA Award for Best Editing BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay European Film Award for Best Non-European Film
producer	Alejandro González Iñárritu Robert Salerno
productionCompany	This Is That Productions
publisher	Focus Features
recordedAt	New Mexico
theme	anthology independent narrative