Never say ‘Never’

Based on Kazuo Ishigur’s novel, Never Let Me Go explores the ethical dilemmas and the heart-rending dramas of a group of friends at an idyllic English boarding school who learn that they are clones being raised only for the harvesting of their organs when their originator’s bodies begin to deteriorate. Saddled with that unbearable burden, young adult cling to a rumor that if they fall in love their lives may be spared. A who’s-who of critically-acclaimed young English actors, Keira Knightly, Carey Mulligan and Andrew Garfield play the three friends caught in a love triangle and a bizarre set of existential circumstances. Long-time music video director Mark Romanek directs. Sally Hawkins and Charlotte Rampling co-star. Rated R.