Additional information for Never Let Me Go, which has a domestic theatrical release set for October 1, 2010. The film is being distributed by Fox Searchlight and has not yet been rated. Never Let Me Go has a total running time of 103 minutes.
R
USA
18
Malaysia
12
Germany
15A
Ireland
12A
UK
M18
Singapore
PG
Canada
M
New Zealand
G
Japan
14
Chile
R-13
Philippines
15
South Korea
11
Sweden
16
Argentina
M
Australia
12
Netherlands
103min
Nunca me abandones
Argentina
Nunca me abandones
Spain
Nunca me abandones
Venezuela
Alles, was wir geben mussten
Germany
Arasodes mimatovo
Georgia
Auprès de moi toujours
France
Beni asla birakma
Turkey
Mi m' afiseis pote
Greece
Não Me Abandone Jamais
Brazil
Ne engedj el
Hungary
Ne zapusti me nikdar
Slovenia
Never Let Me Go
France
Nie opuszczaj mnie
Poland
Nikad me ne ostavljaj
Croatia
Non lasciarmi
Italy
Nunca Me Deixes
Portugal
Ole luonani aina
Finland
September 03, 2010
USA
September 11, 2010
Canada
September 15, 2010
USA
September 24, 2010
Canada
October 09, 2010
Poland
October 13, 2010
UK
October 17, 2010
United Arab Emirates
October 20, 2010
Belgium
October 22, 2010
Brazil
October 28, 2010
Japan
October 28, 2010
Russia
October 29, 2010
Finland
November 25, 2010
Chile
January 27, 2011
United Arab Emirates
January 28, 2011
Sweden
February 09, 2011
Belgium
February 11, 2011
Ireland
February 11, 2011
UK
February 24, 2011
Singapore
March 02, 2011
France
March 02, 2011
Philippines
March 03, 2011
Portugal
March 10, 2011
Russia
March 11, 2011
Mexico
March 11, 2011
Poland
March 17, 2011
New Zealand
March 17, 2011
Slovenia
March 18, 2011
Brazil
March 18, 2011
Spain
March 24, 2011
Hong Kong
March 25, 2011
Italy
March 25, 2011
South Africa
March 25, 2011
Sweden
March 26, 2011
Japan
March 31, 2011
Argentina
April 07, 2011
South Korea
April 14, 2011
Germany
April 14, 2011
Kuwait
April 14, 2011
Kuwait
April 28, 2011
Greece
April 28, 2011
Netherlands
April 29, 2011
Turkey
May 06, 2011
Finland
May 26, 2011
Hungary
September 12, 2011
Philippines
October 10, 2011
Japan
July 06, 2012
Venezuela
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The story of three friends who are tragically born to lead short lives, and the love triangle that forms between them in their brief time together.
The film begins with onscreen captions explaining that a medical breakthrough in 1952 has permitted the human lifespan to be extended beyond 100 years. Subsequently, 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 first section of the film depicts the young Kathy, along with her friends Tommy and Ruth, spending their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. It is subtly revealed that the film is set in an alternate twentieth century. One of the teachers is fired after telling the pupils of their fate: they exist to provide donor organs for transplants. They will be nurtured to adult age at which time they will be available for "selection." After their third "selection" they will "complete" before they can be selected for any more procedures. Some "complete" after their first, though, while others survive through four or more procedures. Tommy is emotionally angry and is teased by the other boys. Kathy falls in love with him.In the second section of the film, the three friends, now teenagers, are rehoused in cottages on a rural farm. They are permitted to leave the grounds if they wish. They do not question the ethics of their situation. At the farm, they meet other graduates of similar places. Kathy, Tom and Ruth are clones who are fascinated by the idea of finding the original people that they were "modeled on". Kathy and her friends are questioned about rumours of the possibility of "deferral" - which allows couples several extra years before being "selected" if they are in love and can prove it. Tommy reasons that the art gallery at Hailsham was intended to identify clones who have a soul. Tommy and Ruth become sexually active. The lonely Kathy applies to become a "carer" - a clone who is taught to drive and trained to give post-operative care to others, and given a temporary reprieve from selection as an exchange for supporting and comforting donors as they are made to give up their organs. She has become a carer by the time she hears that Tommy and Ruth have split up.In the third scenario of the film, Kathy has been working as a carer some years later. She has watched many clones "complete" as their organs are donated; their deaths are referred to as "completion". She reunites with Ruth, who is frail after two donations. Ruth has been keeping track of her and Tommy. She helps Kathy arrange their reunion. Ruth admits that she did not love Tommy and seduced him because she was jealous and afraid to be alone. She is consumed with guilt, and has been searching for a way to help Tommy and Kathy. She believes that Tommy and Kathy would qualify for "deferral." She gives them an address, that of "Madame" who would visit the Hailsham and select works of the students' art would be worthy to go into the gallery. Ruth "completes" on the operating table shortly afterward. Tommy explains to Kathy that he has been creating art for the past several years in hopes of a deferral. He and Kathy drive to visit the Madame. There is no such thing as deferral after all though. Tommy's artwork will not help them.The film ends after Tommy has "completed." Kathy is left alone. Two weeks after losing Tommy, Kathy is notified that her first "selection" will take place in one month. Contemplating their childhood, she speculates whether their fate is really all so different from the people who receive their organs; "We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through or feel we've had enough time."
Mark Romanek
Director(s)
Kazuo Ishiguro
Alex Garland
Writer(s)
Alex Garland
executive producer
Richard Hewitt
co-producer
Kazuo Ishiguro
executive producer
Andrew Macdonald
producer
Allon Reich
producer
Tessa Ross
executive producer
Joanne Smith
associate producer
Producer(s)
Rachel Portman
Composer(s)
Kathy
Carey Mulligan
Tommy
Andrew Garfield
Young Kathy (as Isobel Meikle-Small)
Izzy Meikle-Small
Young Tommy
Charlie Rowe
Young Ruth
Ella Purnell
Miss Emily
Charlotte Rampling
Miss Lucy
Sally Hawkins
Miss Geraldine
Kate Bowes Renna
Amanda
Hannah Sharp
Laura
Christina Carrafiell
Arthur
Oliver Parsons
David
Luke Bryant
Matron
Fidelis Morgan
Doctor
Damien Thomas
Madame
Nathalie Richard
Delivery Man 1
Huggy Leaver
Delivery Man 2
Charles Cork
Bumper Crop Girl
Sylvie Macdonald
Ruth
Keira Knightley
Keffers
David Sterne
Chrissie
Andrea Riseborough
Rodney
Domhnall Gleeson
Sitcom Girl
Kate Sissons
Sitcom Girl
Amy Lennox
Waitress
Anna Maria Everett
Male Office Worker
John Gillespie
Female Office Worker
Rachel Boss
Hannah
Lydia Wilson
Nurse
Monica Dolan
George
Chidi Chickwe
(uncredited)
Harvey Allpress
Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)
George Formby
Director(s)
Alex Garland
Writer(s)
executive producer
Richard Hewitt
co-producer
Kazuo Ishiguro
executive producer
Andrew Macdonald
producer
Allon Reich
producer
Tessa Ross
executive producer
Joanne Smith
associate producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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