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00:00In the near future, misfortune, known as disaster, causes the reorganization of society.
00:05People no longer have feelings for emotions, everything looks black and white, relaxation is illegal, and medicine is used to satisfy any bad desires.
00:12That is why babies are born through genetic engineering.
00:15Such reorganization has removed all pain and conflict to enable a peaceful coexistence, but it has also left people without individuality, since they are all the same.
00:24The city is surrounded by mysterious fog and people are told that there is nothing outside.
00:28A boy named Jonas rides his bicycle to the nesting center with his best friends, Fiona and Jasper, to volunteer with newborn babies.
00:36The three of them have turned 18, which means they will soon get a place in the community.
00:41Fiona and Jasper are excited about the upcoming ceremony, but Jonas is scared because he feels different and doesn't know which way to follow.
00:48Nobody knows that, but Jonas sometimes sees colors, such as the real shade of Fiona's hair.
00:53In the nesting center, Jonas's father is working with a newborn baby, which is still unknown, which means it has not yet been assigned to their family unit.
01:01The baby suddenly starts crying, so Fiona dies while Jonas's father says his name, which is Gabriel.
01:06Jonas is confused because knowing the name of the newborn is illegal, but his father explains that listening to their name soothes the baby.
01:13After a morning full of volunteer work, friends go to the park and jump over a small waterfall, which has become their little ritual.
01:20At that moment, they make a promise that no matter what role they get during the ceremony, they will always be friends.
01:25The next day, all the teenagers attend the ceremony, which is led by the main senior.
01:30First, they say goodbye to the calmed seniors, who will be sent to the nursing home called Elsewhere.
01:35Then, all the newborns share with their new families, and the 9-year-olds are given the symbol of their responsibility.
01:41In the end, it's finally time for the teenagers to get their new roles in the community.
01:46Fiona becomes his stewardess, and Jasper is chosen as the drone pilot.
01:49However, when it's Jonas's turn, the seniors jump over him, and he has to watch literally every other teenager get a job besides him.
01:56When only Jonas remains on the screen, the seniors announce a special announcement, because of Jonas's ability to see further, and he is chosen as the next recipient of memories.
02:05This means that he will get all the information about the history of humanity in order to protect the community and advise the seniors to avoid the same mistakes.
02:13Jonas is left behind, because the seniors had to think about their choice, they even say that they can't afford another failure.
02:20After the ceremony is over, Jonas asks his mother what the seniors thought about it, but his mother quickly changes the subject.
02:26Then, Jonas leaves his room and activates the chip, which tells him more about his new role.
02:31He will have to contact the current recipient for training, and after each training, he must immediately return home.
02:37All the details of this training must be kept secret.
02:40This role gives Jonas the privilege of many legal exemptions, he can ask any question and lie without being considered unkind, and except for daily injections against desire, he must not take any drugs.
02:51And especially, he must not take those that stop the pain.
02:54The next day, Jonas puts on his new uniform, which makes him different from everyone else.
02:58He rides a bicycle to Edge and enters a lonely house, where he meets the current recipient of memories.
03:03As he will transfer memories to Jonas, to become a new recipient, the senior says that he is now a donor.
03:08The man explains that Jonas' training will be the acceptance of the history of humanity and the learning of how to lead the seniors, and then forces him to sit opposite him.
03:16Jonas notices a mark on the donor's skull, which corresponds to the one he has.
03:21The donor moves him as close as possible and takes Jonas' hands, causing him to start having visions.
03:26Suddenly, he is cold and shocked when he sees snow that he has never seen before.
03:30He is closer to the train, so he tries to drive, only to stop when he looks at the house with a happy family singing a Christmas song.
03:37Before he can find out more, Jonas appears in the donor's room.
03:42It looks like it's all for the first day, but the donor promises that there is more to the world than people think.
03:47In the evening, the mother says that there is something a little different about Jonas.
03:51At that moment, the father comes home with Gabriel, because the baby needs help to take a step with his development.
03:57Jonas notices that Gabriel has the same mark on his skull and can guess what his future will be like.
04:02The next day, the donor announces that he will learn more about colors.
04:06The donor says that his first color was yellow, and Jonas tells him about the red color of Fiona's hair.
04:11Then, the donor sends Jonas to the second memory, and this time he can see a lot of wonderful colors in the sky.
04:16It looks like this is the first time he's seen the sunset.
04:20When Jonas returns to reality, he is shocked to see the colors in the room, although some of them are still a little dark.
04:26It is explained that the elders decided to solve the colors because they are dependent,
04:30but as Jonas progresses with his training, he will see more colors and in lighter tones.
04:34When Jonas looks through the window, he is surprised to see a beautiful tree between the fog,
04:38and realizes that they lied to him that there is nothing outside the fog.
04:41The next morning, Fiona finds Jonas lying on the grass and looking at his surroundings.
04:45He is delighted with all the colors he can see now, but Fiona, of course, does not understand.
04:50The teenagers decide to hold hands, but they are interrupted by Asher, who calls them to watch the drones fly.
04:56The group moves to the best viewing point, and Asher shares that he saw Elsewhere in his new job.
05:01It turned out that it was just a few farms with houses, but he also saw two huge stones that formed a triangle.
05:08Then Fiona and Asher ask Jonas about his job, but as he is not allowed to answer, he wants to show them a trick.
05:14Not taking him seriously, Asher returns to his shoes, but Fiona follows Jonas on the way.
05:18She takes the dishes and sits on them, and then rushes from the point of view in the grass as if they were on a swing.
05:24Both teenagers laugh as Jonas helps Fiona get up,
05:27but the radio unit reminds him that he is not allowed to touch people outside his family unit.
05:32In the meantime, the head of the seniors meets with Davout to talk about Jonas,
05:36because he is caught almost sharing his training with his friends.
05:39However, Davout says that this is inevitable and that he did it when he was young.
05:44Angry, the head of the seniors tells Davout to behave, reminding him of what happened to his last recipient.
05:50A little later, during another training, Davout gives Jonas a bunch of books to read.
05:54During this process, a map falls out of the book, and Jonas sees that it shows their world with a border around it, which is called the border of memories.
06:02Jonas realizes that if the recipient crosses the border, then all memories of the world would be freed.
06:07Then, Davout leads him to the basement and discovers that there is a piano, which fascinates Jonas, because he has never heard music before.
06:12Davout starts playing while explaining that the injections remove the ability of people to feel emotions.
06:18When Davout grabs Jonas' hand, he has another vision.
06:22There is an old wedding ceremony full of food, music and dancing.
06:25People are obviously happier and feel connected to each other.
06:29Once they reappear in the real world, Jonas realizes that he feels a lot of new emotions like never before.
06:35The next morning, Jonas tries to teach his sister how to dance, however, their parents catch them at work and are upset because of the activity.
06:43Suddenly, they receive a hologram message from the head of the seniors asking if Jonas is properly dressed.
06:48Jonas believes that he is and lies, saying that he and Davout sit together and only talk.
06:53Then, Jonas goes to school, but instead of taking the injection, he takes the apple.
06:58After leaving the head of the seniors, he asks his mother to follow his son.
07:02A day passes and Davout continues to show Jonas all kinds of memories from the old world.
07:07Jonas sees how different people could be and learns about concepts such as culture, art and religion.
07:13He also learns about animals that once coexisted with people.
07:17Davout is worried that he will touch every important historical landmark and Jonas slowly realizes that the old world was richer and more complex.
07:24All of this also helps him to see better colors in his city.
07:27After a few weeks of training, Davout announces that Jonas is finally ready to recognize pain.
07:33He grabs Jonas' hand and shares memories of the hunt for the rabbit by killing the elephant, which leaves Jonas crying for the first time when he returns to reality.
07:40Davout comforts him, but also warns him that it will be bad.
07:44That night, Jonas can't sleep and decides to comfort Gabriel instead, holding him for a hug to show him some memories of the animal.
07:51Gabriel sees all this, confirming that he will be an adopter in the future.
07:55After that, Jonas looks at Fiona in the mirror and while he sleeps, he sees the two of them kissing.
08:00The next day, Jonas tells Davout about it, expressing his confusion because that feeling did not happen.
08:06Davout explains that Jonas had his first dream, which is a combination of reality and fantasy.
08:11Also, it turns out that Jonas is finally starting to feel love.
08:14A little later, Jonas goes to ride a bike with Fiona and can't stop thinking about the concept of love.
08:20He tries to ask her about his job, but this time he knows that he is not trying anything strange and avoids questions.
08:25After that, at home, Jonas asks his family about love, but they only say that it is an old concept that no longer applies.
08:32After dinner, Jonas falls asleep with Gabriel and tells him that he loves him while sharing a few more happy memories.
08:37The next day, Jonas comes to Davout's house just to find him on the floor.
08:41He immediately rushes to help him and Davout tries to stop him, but it is too late.
08:46He puts Jonas' memory in the middle of the battlefield and next to him is a man who is bleeding to death.
08:50There are violence, blood and death everywhere.
08:53Jonas then shoots from a gun, allegedly killing someone.
08:56Soon, Jonas wakes up, horrified by the pain and suffering he just experienced.
09:00Davout tries to explain that Jonas should not have seen it yet and that this training is done precisely to prevent another war,
09:07but Jonas accepts it too much and announces that he can't do it anymore, so he leaves.
09:11Watching him leave reminds Davout of the time when Rosemary also left him.
09:15As Jonas crosses the park, he realizes that he can't just go back to his old self, because he has this knowledge that forces him to see everything differently.
09:22Asher notices that he is acting strangely and tries to check him, but Jonas ignores him.
09:27However, he reacts when Fiona comes to him and admits that she stopped taking injections, and also admits that she wants to quit her job.
09:34Jonas encourages Fiona to stop taking injections and asks her to meet him at the fountain tomorrow.
09:39Later, Jonas returns to Davout's house and takes him to the basement to watch memories of Rosemary and his younger self behind the piano.
09:46Davout explains that Rosemary was his daughter and that she should have been the next adopter.
09:50However, when he showed her a memory of a mother who lost her child, it was too painful and she could not take it.
09:56The next day, Rosemary told her elders to give up and send her to Elsevier.
10:01Jonas thinks that life in Elsevier does not sound so bad, so Davout shows him a hologram with the truth.
10:06Jonas' father appears with a pair of twins just to take one to the other room and inject him in the head.
10:12Because society accepts only that it can become one and the same, twins always separate and one is sent to Elsevier, which is just a metaphorical name for execution.
10:21This means that the pensioners who are sent to Elsevier are also dead.
10:25Jonas is terrified of the death of the baby, but his father does not seem to understand what is happening.
10:30Davout explains that people do not like the concept of death because they have never been familiar with it.
10:35Angry, Jonas asks to know why no one has ever done anything about it, so Davout reminds him that people cannot feel and therefore do not have any emotions that would affect them.
10:44Soon after that, Jonas arrives at the fountain and tells Fiona how he feels bad.
10:48He confirms that she did not take the injection, so she is overwhelmed with all the new things she feels.
10:53Jonas holds her hands and kisses her, making her feel better and promising her many more wonderful things in the future.
10:59After Fiona left, Jonas finally remembers that he dreamed about her when he was a child and when he told his parents that they had fixed that injection.
11:07After that, Jonas leaves the house and notices that Gabriel is not there, so his mother explains to him that Gabriel did not pass the maturity test and that he will be released to Elsevier.
11:15Knowing the true meaning, now Jonas refuses to dine with his family and rushes to his room to pack his bag, then runs through the window and goes by bicycle.
11:24Suddenly, Jonas finds the road blocked by Asher, who reminds him that leaving the house is so late and illegal.
11:30Jonas tries to explain that there are more important things, but Asher still grabs him by the bicycle to stop him, so when they fall, Jonas shocks Asher with a blow.
11:38Then, Jonas manages to escape and goes to Davout's house to ask for his help.
11:43Davout is happy to see this fulfillment and makes a plan.
11:47Jonas will take Gabriel to the Limit of Memory to free the history of mankind, while Davout remains to help and guide people when all those memories return.
11:55Meanwhile, Jonas' mother hears what happened to Asher and reports the incident to the main elder, who immediately makes a hologram call to Davout.
12:03Jonas hides at the last moment when Davout speaks to the main elder that he does not know where Jonas is.
12:08The main elder can lie, but cannot force him to speak, so instead he focuses on following Jonas on security cameras.
12:16Then, Davout gives Jonas the map and proves that he loves him and shares some memories of revolutionary events to fill him with courage.
12:23In the city, a message is sent announcing that Jonas is a wanted man.
12:26He soon arrives at the detention center, where he sees the main elder on the cameras and sends his people after him.
12:32He also finds a video of the kidnapping, which terrifies all the elders in the room.
12:36In the detention center, Jonas assures Fiona that he will take him to the Forbidden Cut, while explaining that he will always leave the community.
12:44After finding Gabriela, Jonas asks Fiona to come with him, but she refuses to leave her family, so she says goodbye with a kiss.
12:50At that moment, the guards enter the building, so Jonas takes Gabriela through the other door, while Fiona takes an empty bag and starts running,
12:57causing people to follow her, thinking she has a baby.
13:00After a long run, Fiona is surrounded and captured, but Jonas manages to escape by stealing the guard's bicycle.
13:06Unfortunately, the guards soon realize and start chasing him as well.
13:09Jonas goes as fast as possible, crossing the city as he breaks into the corner.
13:13The guards follow him there, but immediately stop when they see him jumping into the fog, where they do not dare to follow him.
13:18The main elder receives a message that Jonas is lost in the rubble, and the search is canceled.
13:22Refusing to give up the elder, they lead Asher and Fiona to interrogation, and Fiona is given an injection again.
13:28After the main elder found a video of Jonas, as she tells Fiona about her plan, she and the guards arrest Gabriela by knocking him out.
13:35When Gabriela wakes up, she is in prison with Fiona.
13:38The main elder holds a funeral ceremony for Jonas so that people would not be surprised by his disappearance,
13:44while at the same time ordering Asher to find Jonas and get rid of him.
13:48In the meantime, Jonas is sure to appear in the desert, delighted to see the nature beyond his eyes and memories, especially the warm light of the sun.
13:55He stops driving only at night to rest by the fire.
13:58In the end, the bicycle stops working, so Jonas continues to travel on foot, carrying Gabriela in his arms.
14:04At that moment, Asher's drone finds him, so Jonas begs his friend for trust.
14:08Without a word, Asher starts chasing Jonas and Gabriela with his drone until he is close enough to pick them up.
14:14Asher leads the drone to the river and throws the boys into the water, hoping that it will help them escape while they are still dead.
14:20Once Asher sees that the two are in order, he takes the drone and tells the main elder that he has successfully completed his mission.
14:26And this is actually the first lie he ever told.
14:30A few minutes later, Jonas and Gabriela leave the river to continue their journey under the harsh sun.
14:35Jonas thinks of Fiona to get the strength to continue.
14:38Speaking of Fiona, he visits Jonas' mother, who informs him that she will be sent to Elsweyr.
14:43Fiona's father begins to share all the wonderful things that Jonas has learned, saying that humanity is plundered.
14:49In the end, Jonas and Gabriela leave the desert and come to the snowy mountains.
14:53While dealing with the bitter cold, Jonas takes out his map and starts looking for Thoran, but sees nothing and falls unconscious.
15:00Returning to Fiona, she is taken to a chamber where she will be released,
15:03so the Dwarf joins the elders who are watching and begs them to stop this unnecessary drama.
15:08However, the main elder refuses, reminding the Dwarf that love only brings love, hatred and violence, because people are weak and selfish.
15:16At that moment, Jonas wakes up because Gabriel is crying.
15:19In the snow, he finds Sanka and remembers his first memory, so he sits on them and the two quickly slide down the hill.
15:25This helps them finally reach Thoran, which marks the border,
15:28and as they cross the silhouette of all the memories of humanity,
15:31they are released just in time to stop his father from giving Fiona a lethal injection.
15:36As the city is filled with color again, Jonas and Gabriel find the house of memories and move to wait for Fiona.
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