This is Not a Film (2004)

Plotzle Expert · E108 · June 17, 2026 · Comedy / Romance

Six plot descriptions for This is Not a Film (2004). One is the real plot. Five are convincing fakes. Read them and guess which is real.

1. A man believes his life lacks narrative structure and hires a film student to follow him around Paris until something cinematic happens but only mundane conversations about breakfast occur instead.
2. A Manhattan shoe salesman creates a guerrilla documentary videotape seeking his ex-girlfriend, hiring an actress to reenact their failed relationship while his romantic mistakes are exposed during filming.
3. Two improv actors pretend to be engaged at a Miami resort to win a couples' contest but their fake relationship becomes more honest than their real lives back home.
4. A Portland wedding videographer accidentally records his own fiancée kissing the groom during a ceremony and spends the weekend rewatching footage to confirm what happened while editing continues.
5. A television editor realizes his boyfriend has been treating their relationship like performance art and decides to stop participating in the concept to see what remains between them afterward.
6. An unemployed screenwriter tells her new boyfriend she works in finance and recruits her roommate to help maintain the elaborate deception when he insists on visiting her fake office downtown.