
How I Live Now(2013)
An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.


“Search for truth. Find freedom.”
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.

Jeff Bridges
The Giver

Meryl Streep
Chief Elder

Brenton Thwaites
Jonas

Alexander Skarsgård
Father

Katie Holmes
Mother

Odeya Rush
Fiona

Cameron Monaghan
Asher

Taylor Swift
Rosemary

Emma Tremblay
Lily
Alexander Jillings
Gabriel 12 Months
The Giver is a drama, science fiction film released in 2014 exploring themes of new love, based on novel or book, dystopia, anti conformity, memory, alternative reality. Directed by Phillip Noyce, it stars Jeff Bridges, Meryl Streep, Brenton Thwaites. 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.
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