A Thousand Kisses Deep

A Thousand Kisses Deep

Year: 2011

Runtime: 84 mins

Language: English

Director: Dana Lustig

RomanceFantasyThriller

After an elderly tenant in her apartment building dies by suicide, a nurse is thrust into a surreal, time‑bending quest to untangle the woman’s hidden past. Guided by lingering secrets that only time can reveal, she retraces events, confronting buried regrets and striving to correct the mistakes that led to the tragic ending.

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Trace every key event in A Thousand Kisses Deep (2011) with our detailed, chronological timeline. Perfect for unpacking nonlinear stories, spotting hidden connections, and understanding how each scene builds toward the film’s climax. Whether you're revisiting or decoding for the first time, this timeline gives you the full picture.

1

Mia witnesses a mysterious death and finds clues

On the top floor of the old mansion flats, Mia witnesses a woman leap to her death. At the scene she discovers torn fragments of a photograph that hint at Ludwig Giroux, a man who haunts her past. The fragments feel like a warning from a future she may be headed toward, pulling her toward answers she shouldn't seek.

Present day Old mansion flats
2

Mia bribes Max to access the old woman's flat

She bribes the kindly caretaker Max to let her search the old woman's flat. Max warns her not to touch anything, but Mia's need for answers is stronger than fear.

Present day Old mansion flats
3

Mia uncovers intimate clues and a time device

Inside the flat she uncovers possessions that feel intimate—a family photo, pills, and a letter—while a television blinks with the time 2046. The discovery is accompanied by a lift-like mechanism that lets her move through time, revealing a fragile lifeline she may rely on to change what happened.

Present day Old woman's flat
4

First jump to her younger self and a tense confrontation

Her first jump lands her with her younger self, in a world where Ludwig is a dangerous temptation. She tries to spare her younger self by telling Ludwig's wife Stella the truth, then confronts her younger self about the path to take. The return to the present is jolting: Ludwig teases her, and a sudden accident disrupts the moment.

Past: younger Mia era Past: younger Mia era
5

Back in the present, Ludwig taunts Mia

Back in the present, Ludwig confronts Mia with a sly tease, witnessed by her younger self and underscoring the danger of changing the past. The moment ends abruptly as an accident interrupts their exchange, leaving Mia reeling from the consequences.

Present Mia's flat
6

Mia ages forward to her eighteenth birthday

Her next jump lands on the night of her eighteenth birthday, and she begins dating Ludwig, who is old enough to be her father. The encounter makes Mia realize that she must intervene again to protect her past and steer her life away from a painful pattern.

Past: eighteenth birthday Past: eighteenth birthday
7

The day before Mia's tenth birthday reveals Ludwig's true origin

Time travels again to the day before Mia's tenth birthday, where a family photo is taken. The memories unfold with the park clown—an entertainer at Mia's party—turning out to be Ludwig, a revelation that upends everything Mia believed about her origins.

Past: day before tenth birthday Park and childhood locations
8

Mia and Ludwig face danger in Harmony

Back in the present, Mia walks with Ludwig to Harmony, where a violent confrontation unfolds with two gangsters who owe Ludwig money. She hands Ludwig a bundle of money and urges him to leave for America, hoping to sever the dangerous ties that bind them.

Present Harmony pub
9

Birthday party shock: Doris's affair exposed

The next day, at the birthday party, Ludwig returns and is caught in a compromising moment with Doris, Mia's mother. Mia discovers Doris's affair, and Doug, Mia's father, intervenes and shoots Ludwig in the arm, exposing a tangled web of desire and betrayal.

Present Mia's home / birthday party site
10

Escape with the younger self; pursuit intensifies

Mia seizes a gun during the chaos and escapes with her younger self, only to be chased by the law. She seeks Max again to travel to the moment when everything began, racing toward a chance to reset the course of her life.

Present Present
11

Back to the first move into the flat; the truth comes out

The trip lands them at the family's first move into the flat, where Mia finally faces the truth: Doris's affair, Ludwig's role as Mia's biological father, and the heavy cost of the life she’s trying to rewrite.

Past Flat's first move (past)
12

Doris's childbirth hospitalization reveals the truth

Doris is briefly hospitalized during the event as she prepares to give birth, intensifying Mia’s shock and the weight of the bloodline secrets she has uncovered.

During Doris's childbirth Doris's hospital room
13

Mia returns to the present and lets the past lie

Mia returns to the present carrying Doris's belongings in a box, and places the box at Doris's grave as a final gesture. She resolves to let the past remain where it belongs, walking away free to shape the life she chooses despite the echoes of family and fate.

Present Doris's grave

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