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The Giver is a film about Jonas, a young man who lives in a colorless and emotionless society where everyone follows strict rules and has no memories of the past. He is chosen to be the next Receiver of Memory, the only person who can access the history of humanity. He learns from the Giver, an old man who shares his memories with him, and discovers the beauty and pain of the world. He decides to escape with a baby named Gabriel and cross the border to free the memories and restore love and choice to the people. He faces dangers and challenges along the way, but also finds hope and happiness.
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1. A calamity called the ruin reorganized society into black and white communities.
2. Communities are ruled by elders, including a chief elder.
3. To maintain peace, anything threatening unity was removed, including skin color, race, religion, conflict, pain, suffering, emotions, freedom, individuality, and joy.
4. Lying, sexual desire, and reproduction are forbidden; humans are genetically engineered.
5. At a certain age, individuals take their assigned place in the community.
6. Jonas is an 18-year-old who feels different from his friends and sometimes sees colors others can't.
7. Jonas's father works at the nurturing center and cares for an uncertain newborn named Gabriel.
8. Knowing a newborn's name is against the rules.
9. Jonas is chosen to be the next receiver of memory due to his qualities like intelligence and courage.
10. The receiver of memory holds all memories of the ancient past for the community.
11. Jonas begins training with the current receiver of memory, known as the giver.
12. The giver shares memories of snow, sleds, Christmas, colors, music, emotions, animals, global milestones, historical events, love, pain, loss, and death with Jonas.
13. Twins are separated at birth; one is released to elsewhere (killed by lethal injection).
14. Jonas plans to escape with Gabriel to release humanity's memories by crossing the border of memory.
15. Fiona understands what Jonas has been trying to convey about emotions after stopping her injections.
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