Some "complete" after their first "selection", while others survive four or more "selections." Tommy is emotionally angry and is teased by the other boys. They will be nurtured to adult age, then they will be available for "selection." After their third "selection" they will "complete" before they can be selected for any more procedures. A teacher is fired after telling the pupils of their fate: they exist to provide donor organs for transplants. It is subtly revealed that the film is set in an alternate twentieth century. The first section of the film depicts young Kathy, along with her friends Tommy and Ruth, spending their childhood at Hailsham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. as she reminisces about her childhood at Hailsham, as well as her adult life after leaving the school. Subsequently, the film is narrated by 28-year-old Kathy H. The film begins with onscreen captions explaining that a medical breakthrough in 1952 has permitted the human lifespan to be extended beyond 100 years.
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