Let’s just get this out of the way, Caroline Bell is luminescent. She may say it’s the dress, but there’s a 1920s grace and beauty to her that means you can’t take your eyes off of her whenever she’s onscreen.

Throw in a contemplative film about choice and happiness and you have a Canadian gem that is thoughtful, charming, a little mysterious, and showcases some wonderful talent. Directed by Arianna Martinez, in her feature-length debut, the script was written by Martinez and Gordon Mihan.

Olive (Bell) and Benny (Ian Ottis Goff) are going to celebrate their anniversary, but Olive can’t remember what she got him. And Benny seems to occasionally disappear from existence. As their day, their memories, and their romance seems to unravel, the film examines the concept of choice, its importance, and what makes us happy in our relationships.

We explore life, love, and its possibilities. We are delivered adorable meet-cutes with Benny, and with Ada (Mallory Amirault) and Olive sees what she can have, what she wants, and what she has. How much of it is real, how much of it is projection? Or is it a multiverse?

There’s discussion on break-ups and how the other person is slowly erased from memory despite their importance, and there’s talk of possibilities and wants and desires, connections made and missed.

It’s a luminescent film, and Bell is utterly beguiling.

The film is beautifully shot, and despite the idea of multiverses, and alternate realities, there are no visual effects in the film, it’s all done with a theatrical flair. Appropriate as most of the cast and crew work on the stage.

If you get the chance, this is one to seek out. Do I Know You From Somewhere? is gentle, inquisitive, thoughtful, and has a heart that believes in love, and choice.

Do I Know You From Somewhere? screens one more time at TIFF, Saturday. Support some outstanding CanCon!