Never Let Me Go (2010)

I just love it. I love the lyrical tone of the film and the beautiful soundtrack, the sceneries and the lights, and the quiet lines (spoken in elegant British accents) which, however, include a very strong emotion and sadness. I haven't read the book, but the film itself is already a text that I enjoy very much. I like the narration of Carey Mulligan (Kathy) and the heaviness she gives, but I feel that she appears a bit too young in the role of a 28 years old woman in the third part; she looks like a child, her performance is still good, though. Keira Knightley (Ruth) and Andrew Garfield (Tommy) are both great in portraying their characters.

Based on the sci-fi novel by Kazuo Ishiguro (石黑一雄), Never Let Me Go (2010) deals with the subject of human cloning. When human cloning becomes a method to provide organs for humans, what is the meaning of life? In the boarding school where clone children receive the education, the students are asked to create art works and poetry. In the end the principal reveals that it is a way to see if clone children have souls or not. So, what is exactly the difference between a human and an non-human? Or, can we consider a clone not to be a human even when he/she acts like one? In the film, we see the three friends love, hurt, desire, or just feel. Like the lines Kathy says in the last scene, maybe non of us really understand the meaning of being a human.

It is also a love story. And the spiritual connection between Kathy and Tommy is so strong that even makes the film more depressing. But on the other hand, the desire to have more time together also creates hope. Ruth, who says she has never had real love, hopeless, completes her life.

The ending is my favorite moment, and a question frequently asked in the discussion of the ethic of human cloning.
Kathy: "What I'am not sure about, is if our lives have been so different from the lives of the people we save. We all complete. Maybe none of us really understand what we've lived through, or feel we've had enough time."