Never Let Me Go from director Mark Romanek is certainly one of our most anticipated films of the year in the third row. If you know nothing, the cast alone should do the trick: Carey Mulligan, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Sally Hawkins, Charlotte Rampling, Nathalie Richard, and Andrea Riseborough. If that’s not enough, you can check out the first, quite handsome looking one sheet released about a month ago and the exceptional trailer that preceded it.
Now we’ve stumbled across this nice three piece set of posters likely made up as part of the marketing involved with it being an official selection at this year’s TIFF. The film is an adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s celebrated novel and was written by Alex Garland (The Beach, 28 Days Later and Sunshine) and opens to a wider audience on September 15th.
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Synopsis and trailer for the film can be found under the seats…
Hailsham is an idyllic English boarding school, presided over by a strict but fair headmistress (Charlotte Rampling). Children are held to an imposing health regimen, have no parental contact and live in fear of leaving the school grounds. It soon becomes clear that something is not quite right at Hailsham. Young Kathy (Carey Mulligan) and Ruth (Keira Knightley) are fast friends; the former bold and confident and the latter soft-spoken and caring. They befriend Tommy (Andrew Garfield), a tormented and socially awkward boy prone to fits of anguish, and the trio hesitantly stumble their way into early adulthood under the guidance of their teachers, without ever having contact with the outside world. Now eighteen-year-olds, Kathy, Ruth and Tommy must leave Hailsham for The Cottages, a mysterious place outside the safety of their school, to learn the ominous future that awaits them. Confronted with a secret that threatens to tear their lives apart, they struggle to thwart their fate.
Does Sally Hawkins have the most films at TIFF this year? I think she is in 4 films: Submarine, Made in Dagenham, Another Year. That ties John Malkovich’s from a couple years ago.
and surprisingly NOT in the Mike Leigh film
Oh, I thought she was. Only 3 then…
Back on topic, I do not think much of the design for these posters, albeit the colour palette is reminiscent of the North American poster for MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS….
Really. I really really like the look of these posters. It has sort of a “chanel” look to them. A little soft, nice color overlay and I like the character expressions. They might not look all that great on their own, but as a set they are scrumptious.
Nice! Just scored free passes for this movie tomorrow night.
Pretty stoked – high on my list of most anticipated for sure!
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The simple fact that there are two ‘ethereal and melancholy’ cloning movies this year is exceptional!
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Cloning movie? Metaphor or really big spoiler?
Go into this movie as clean as possible (i.e. don’t read anything about it) – just watch the trailer and then expect something quite different.
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I really wish I hadn’t read the comments in this thread before seeing the movie. Not knowing what is going on and let it slowly unravel would have made the movie a lot more fun I think. Still the picture is quite interesting and should generate lots of discussion.
Just came back from watching this. I liked it; very sad, lots of crying (lots of crying!) in this film. Great performances from the leads (Mulligan is amazing), but I felt as if there were a whole tonne of unanswered questions. That’s generally ok, but when it starts to detract from the premise, then it begins to bother me. Taken as a straight love story it is fantastic, but as a sci-fi morality play, which it seems to want to be as well, it has major flaws in my opinion.
It is absolutely insane how much the Mini-Mulligan looks like full grown Carey Mulligan. Some crazy casting there; well done!