After The Ruin, a colorless equalitarian society is formed without memories and everyone follows rules established by the Chief Elder and the Elders. The population uses drugs to stay happy and on the day of the graduation, the teenagers leave their childhood and are assigned to a career chosen by the Elders. Jonas lives with his parents and has two best friends, Fiona and Asher, and he feels different from his friends. He is assigned to be the Receiver of Memories and he is trained by his mentor, The Giver, who gives memories of the world before The Ruin. Jonas learns emotions such as love and fear and the concept of family. When he discovers that the baby Gabriel that he loves as a brother will be eliminated, he decides to change his society but the Chief Elder will do anything to stop him.
Main characters
Jeff Bridges as The Giver Meryl Streep as Chief Elder Brenton Thwaites as Jonas Alexander Skarsgard as Father Katie Holmes as Mother Odeya Rush as Fiona Cameron Monaghan as Asher Taylor Swift as Rosemary Emma Tremblay as Lily Renate Stuurman as Dinah Thabo Rametsi as Robbie
After The Ruin, a colorless equalitarian society is formed without memories and everyone follows rules established by the Chief Elder and the Elders. The population uses drugs to stay happy and on the day of the graduation, the teenagers leave their childhood and are assigned to a career chosen by the Elders. Jonas lives with his parents and has two best friends, Fiona and Asher, and he feels different from his friends. He is assigned to be the Receiver of Memories and he is trained by his mentor, The Giver, who gives memories of the world before The Ruin. Jonas learns emotions such as love and fear and the concept of family. When he discovers that the baby Gabriel that he loves as a brother will be eliminated, he decides to change his society but the Chief Elder will do anything to stop him.
Main characters
Jeff Bridges as The Giver
Meryl Streep as Chief Elder
Brenton Thwaites as Jonas
Alexander Skarsgard as Father
Katie Holmes as Mother
Odeya Rush as Fiona
Cameron Monaghan as Asher
Taylor Swift as Rosemary
Emma Tremblay as Lily
Renate Stuurman as Dinah
Thabo Rametsi as Robbie