The Giver
Stars
4
Rating
PG-13
Author
Michael Mitnick (screenplay), Robert B. Weide (screenplay), Lois Lowry ... (book)
Length
97 min
Director
Phillip Noyce
Synopsis
"The Giver is a 2014 American social science fiction film directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Jeff Bridges, Brenton Thwaites, Odeya Rush, Meryl Streep, Alexander Skarsgård, Katie Holmes and Cameron Monaghan. The film is based on the 1993 novel of the same name by Lois Lowry.
Following a calamity referred to as The Ruin, society is reorganized into a series of communities, and all memories of the past are held by one person, the Receiver of Memory. Since the Receiver of Memory is the only individual in the community who has the memories from before, he must advise the Chief Elder, and the other Elders, on the decisions for the community." [Wikipedia]
Following a calamity referred to as The Ruin, society is reorganized into a series of communities, and all memories of the past are held by one person, the Receiver of Memory. Since the Receiver of Memory is the only individual in the community who has the memories from before, he must advise the Chief Elder, and the other Elders, on the decisions for the community." [Wikipedia]
Genre
Sci-Fi
Released
2014
Location
Global
Netflix
No
This movie is linked to the following periods
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Category
Arts
-3800
2020
Transcultural