Even if Justin Timberlake’s new album is a little too long, there’s no denying that “The 20/20 Experience” is quite the experience. He recently released a music video for his second single, “Mirrors.” While normally we don’t review music videos, “Mirrors” clocks in at a whopping eight minutes and 21 seconds. It’s basically a short film. And every so often a music video comes along that affects you that you just have to write about it. “Mirrors” did that for me.

The music video is dedicated to William and Sadie Bomar, Timberlake’s grandparents. MTV reported that William passed away last year and was unable to attend Timberlake’s wedding. Unsurprisingly, it’s filled with more mirrors than Versailles. It consists of two parts: a love story told out of time and a dance sequence of Timberlake weaving around a fun house of mirrors. The two are connected by a simple gesture: the old lady from the love story, presumably his grandma, drops her wedding ring, and Timberlake catches it. It’s a surprisingly touching moment in a video full of touching moments. I was teary-eyed through the whole thing.

The video was directed by Floria Sigismondi, an Italian filmmaker who has collaborated with musicians as diverse as Leonard Cohen, Ellie Goulding and Marilyn Manson. She was also the director of “The Runaways,” or that movie that tried to convince us Dakota Fanning was an adult. Regardless of the quality of that film, she does a masterful job with “Mirrors.” There are more memorable shots in “Mirrors” than in most movies these days, and the lensing of the dance breakdown kept it from becoming too gimmicky. Between this video and her video for David Bowie’s “The Stars (Are Out Tonight),” which starred Tilda Swinton, Sigismondi is already responsible for two of 2013’s best music videos. Timberlake is no stranger to a high-quality music video director—his previous video for lead single “Suit and Tie” was directed by Academy Award nominee David Fincher. I hope that Timberlake continues to work with great music video directors if every video is as great as “Mirrors” was and that they all feature cute homages to his grandparents.