FILM SYNOPSIS:

"Never Let Me Go" is a touching, thoughtful, sublimely acted drama based on Kazuo Ishiguro's bestseller of the same name. Kathy (Carey Mulligan), Tommy (Andrew Garfield) and Ruth (Keira Knightley) live in a world and a time that feel familiar to us, but are not quite like anything we know. They spend their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. When they leave the shelter of the school and the terrible truth of their fate is revealed to them, they must also confront the deep feelings of love, jealousy and betrayal that threaten to pull them apart.

The film is narrated by 28 year-old Kathy H. as she reminisces about her childhood at Hailsham, as well as her adult life after leaving the school. The story takes place in a dystopian Britain, in which human beings are cloned to provide donor organs for transplants. Kathy and her classmates have been created to be donors, though the adult Kathy is temporarily working as a "carer," someone who supports and comforts donors as they are made to give up their organs. As in Ishiguro's other works, the truth of the matter is made clear only gradually, via veiled but suggestive language and situations. Once again Director Mark Romanek, draw wonderful performance from his cast reminding us that he is a specialist in understated emotional violence - (He drew out one of Robin Williams' finest dramatic performances in 2002's ominous "One Hour Photo.") " Never Let me Go" brings us one of the most haunting films about love and death we've ever seen.

DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY:

Mark Romanek was born in Chicago and studied cinema and photography at Ithaca College. He has directed award-winning music videos and documentaries for such diverse artists as Audioslave, David Bowie, Johnny Cash, Janet and Michael Jackson, Jay-Z, Madonna, Nine Inch Nails and Sonic Youth. His feature films include: Static (85), One Hour Photo (02) and Never Let Me Go (10).