Never let me go

A film that I considered a normal teen movie watch (perhaps the name), took a surprising twist early after the start. The theme felt so weird that after completing the movie, I felt the need to dwell deep into the plotline for a finer review.

The movie in question is Never let me go - a 2010 British dystopian science fiction drama film based on Kazuo Ishiguro's 2005 novel of the same name.

The film kicks off with a love triangle unfolding within a seemingly idyllic English boarding school set in the late 1970s.  The children, two girls and a guy, as they grow into adults, find themselves to have come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.


The reality which they have to live with, is they are no regular boarding school kids who dream of becoming a doctor, teacher or a lawyer etc. Their education is not to attain that. All the students have only a single goal. They are bred to become organ donors for their possible matches, which are the elite breed - when they come of age.

What caught my attention was how the theme though alarming, unravelled the concept of humanity and the positives of life. 

The mystery of the art gallery as thought by the protagonist, to probably look into their souls and thus verify true love. The emotion and outburst when explained that its purpose was not to look into their souls, but to determine if they had souls at all.  

That particular shot brought out "what it is to have a soul". Another shot when the protagonist recollects and contemplates life - 

"It had never occurred to me that our lives, which had been so closely interwoven, could unravel with such speed. If I’d known, maybe I’d have kept tighter hold of them and not let unseen tides pull us apart."

 Kathy, "Never let me go"