aka The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Plot synopsis
During the Notting Hill Carnival in London, Victor admits to his girlfriend, Sylvia that he is having an affair. She is heartbroken and throws him out of their flat.
Victor is trying to win her back, but she tells him that she is now in love with Dave and is adamant that they are going to marry. Victor is distraught and while walking home in the pouring rain, he meets two Spanish gypsies.
One blindfolds him and starts to spin him around, while the other starts to read a spell from a book. They laugh, while telling him that tomorrow will be a long time away for him.
When he comes out of the spin, he finds that he has travelled back in time to the Notting Hill Carnival. This time, he does not tell Sylvia about the affair and stops seeing the other woman.
He becomes the perfect partner, giving her everything she wants. However, she still meets Dave, so that this time it is her who is having the affair.
Victor is heartbroken, but soon after falls in love with Louise, and they become engaged. Meanwhile, Sylvia breaks up with Dave, regretting what she has thrown away with Victor.
She tracks him down and suggests they get back together and stop making mistakes, but he says his new love, Louise, is not a mistake.
Sylvia is distraught and while walking home in the pouring rain meets the same two gypsies. The inference is that they will give her the opportunity to go back in time and correct her mistake.
My comments
Whoever goes back the furthest will create the new timeline that replaces all others.
Summary of time travel
Victor is sent back in time and changes the past, thus creating a new and different future for himself.
Category of time travel
Fantasy: magic.
Model of time
Open past, open future with a diverging timeline.
