Escape is the only option
For generations, the people of the City of Ember have flourished in an amazing world of glittering lights. But Ember's once powerful generator is failing and the great lamps that illuminate the city are starting to flicker. Now, two teenagers, in a race against time, must search Ember for clues that will unlock the ancient mystery of the city's existence, before the the lights go out forever.
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Classical in form, earnest, grave and plot-driven.
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Feb 20257/10
With the future of the planet in grave danger, some far-sighted builders decide that it’s best for humanity to build a subterranean city into which they can retreat. It’s got to be something self-sustaining as they are going to be down there for a couple of centuries. They do provide exit instructions, but over time they get lost and so nobody knows that maybe it’s time to resurface. Now, though, the engineering is starting to give up the ghost and that means power and food are becoming rationed. The mayor (Bill Murray) is hopelessly out of his depth/obsessed with his own position and the chief electrician “Sul” (Martin Landau) is running out of ideas so it falls to the unlikely pairing of youngsters “Lina” (Saoirse Ronan) and “Doon” (Harry Treadaway) to rekindle the population’s appetite to get some fresh air. Luckily, she has a box left to her by her grandmother and as their jobs involve them clambering around the city’s gubbins, they can begin to explore in earnest. This isn’t something they can advertise - the mayor and his thugs will not brook any disenchantment in their city, even if the lights are all about to go out. Now having to fight a rearguard action too, can they disc
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Cast
- Saoirse RonanLina Mayfleet
- Harry TreadawayDoon Harrow
- Bill MurrayMayor Cole
- David RyallChief Builder
- Tim RobbinsLoris Harrow
- Mackenzie CrookLooper
- Marianne Jean-BaptisteClary
- Mary Kay PlaceMrs. Murdo
- Toby JonesBarton Snode
- Lucinda DryzekLizzie Bisco
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- Gil KenanDirector
- Caroline ThompsonScreenplay
- Xavier GrobetDirector of Photography
- Andrew LockingtonOriginal Music Composer
- Zach StaenbergEditor
- Adam P. ScottEditor
- Tom HanksProducer
- Gary GoetzmanProducer
- Steven ShareshianProducer
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