The Giver
(2014)
★ 6.6 IMDb · 4,703 votes
Year: 2014
Runtime: 97 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Phillip Noyce
Cast: Джефф Бриджес, Мэрил Стрип, Брентон Туэйтес, Александр Скарсгард, Кэти Холмс, Одейя Раш, Камерон Монахэн, Тейлор Свифт, Эмма Тремблей, Alexander Jillings
Plot
In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.
A youth named Jonas lives in an equalized, colorless, but pleasant society with no knowledge of love or pain. When he and his best friends Asher and Fiona come of age, they receive their societal roles, with Jonas given the rare position of Receiver (of Memories). Because of this, he meets a mentoring elder Receiver (later called The Giver). They look at memories of the past world, of joy, pain, and love. As Jonas receives these memories, he breaks the cardinal rule against sharing them with others, thereby getting in trouble with the watchful Chief Elder. When Jonas discovers that an infant boy named Gabriel will be terminated, his efforts to save the child put him squarely against his society. Deciding that all must re-learn to see color, feel pain, and show and receive love, Jonas becomes public enemy number one.