After spending the night together on the night of their college graduation Dexter and Em are shown each year on the same date to see where they are in their lives. They are sometimes together, sometimes not, on that day.
Emma and Dexter meet on the night of their university graduation. We see them every year on the anniversary of that date - July 15th. Emma is smart but success doesn't come quickly for her, whereas for Dexter, success and women come very easily. Through the years they grow apart as their lives take different directions and they meet other people. But as they grow apart from those other people and their lives start taking opposite directions again, Emma and Dexter find that they belong with each other.
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When Emma and Dexter are on the nudist beach, she is reading "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" by Milan Kundera. The story line of One Day has several parallels to this novel.
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Goofs
Anachronisms:
On 15 July 2000, Dexter and Emma meet again at Colin's wedding in London. Dexter takes Emma outside onto the roof, overlooking St Paul's cathedral. In the background you can see two skyscrapers. One of these is the Heron Tower, which wasn't completed until late 2010, having not even been granted planning approval until mid-2002.
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Quotes
Emma:
I didn't mean to call your dad a fascist. Dexter:
A bourgeois fascist. Emma:
Yeah, I'm sorry. See more »