Never Let Me Go (2010)
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 103m
Director: Mark Romanek
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins
Synopsis:
In an imagined England of the post-war epoch, children are cloned and raised in schools in order ultimately to become organ donors until their bodies give out and they 'complete'. Three children - two girls and a boy - from the most elite of these institutions are separated by jealousy before being reunited by love.
Review:
A stark simplification of a far subtler novel, the film nevertheless acquires its own poignancy thanks to strong performances and an elegiac score. The concentration into fewer, more loaded episodes in the narrative can lead to triteness, however.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 103m
Director: Mark Romanek
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins
Synopsis:
In an imagined England of the post-war epoch, children are cloned and raised in schools in order ultimately to become organ donors until their bodies give out and they 'complete'. Three children - two girls and a boy - from the most elite of these institutions are separated by jealousy before being reunited by love.
Review:
A stark simplification of a far subtler novel, the film nevertheless acquires its own poignancy thanks to strong performances and an elegiac score. The concentration into fewer, more loaded episodes in the narrative can lead to triteness, however.
Country: GB/US
Technical: col/2.35:1 103m
Director: Mark Romanek
Cast: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Charlotte Rampling, Sally Hawkins
Synopsis:
In an imagined England of the post-war epoch, children are cloned and raised in schools in order ultimately to become organ donors until their bodies give out and they 'complete'. Three children - two girls and a boy - from the most elite of these institutions are separated by jealousy before being reunited by love.
Review:
A stark simplification of a far subtler novel, the film nevertheless acquires its own poignancy thanks to strong performances and an elegiac score. The concentration into fewer, more loaded episodes in the narrative can lead to triteness, however.