Introducing City of Ember

1 month ago 10th Oct 10:22

This weeks sees the release of City of Ember, based on the novel by Jeanne Duprau and stars Saoirse Ronan, Toby Jones, Bill Murray and Tim Robbins, a mixed bag of youth and experience.

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, and help the citizens escape before the lights go out forever.

Lina Mayfleet (Saoirse Ronan) and Doon Harrow (Harry Treadaway)

Lina is a twelve year old inhabitant of Ember an orphan who lives and cares for her aging and forgetful grandmother, and her baby sister Poppy.

Lina is confronting the next stage of her life a rite of passage for all graduates it's Assignment Day, the day on which the Mayor himself will stand before the graduating students as they choose, by lottery, how they will spend their lives working for their society.

Most of all Lina wants to be a messenger and is disappointed when she is assigned to the Pipeworks that run under the city.

Doon is also twelve and was given the job as a messenger, a role he offers to swap with Lina and a friends hip begins to blossom.

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