Klara and the Sun (12A)

Jenna Ortega is Klara, a solar-powered Artificial Friend chosen as companion to a seriously ill girl. As she encounters love, grief and the strange complexities of human behaviour, Klara discovers an extraordinary capacity for devotion. Taika Waititi directs this tender adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel.

In a near future transformed by genetic engineering and artificial intelligence, Klara is an Artificial Friend, a solar-powered android created to provide companionship to children. Chosen by the seriously ill Josie, she enters a family struggling with grief, fear and an uncertain future. As Klara observes the baffling complexities of human behaviour, her extraordinary loyalty and faith in the healing power of the sun lead her towards a profound understanding of love and sacrifice. Jenna Ortega stars alongside Amy Adams and Mia Tharia in Taika Waititi’s adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner Kazuo Ishiguro’s acclaimed novel, a tender and thought-provoking science-fiction story about what it means to be human.