Based on Kazuo Ishiguro’s novel, this film uses a sci-fi premise (students at a boarding school who are actually clones raised for organ donation) to tell a tragic love triangle. Carey Mulligan, Andrew Garfield, and Keira Knightley give performances of quiet desperation. The horror isn't just the setting; it is the acceptance of fate. "What do we do with the short time we are given?" This film is the answer.
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