David Ryall

The film is about a Musician's dream, an Old man's responsibilities and a Pregnant woman's struggles due to the society. They are brought together by the social set-up. But what are the odds? The film is an interplay between these three stories.

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. When mankind is about to come to an end, a group of scientists decide to create and populate a city deep underground. The City of Ember is to last for 200 years, after which its inhabitants are to retrieve from a strong box instructions to return to the surface. Over time, however, the message is lost and life in Ember is rapidly deteriorating. Their power supply is failing and food is being rationed. It's left to two young teens to unearth the secret of Ember and to lead the way out. —garykmcd For generations, the people of the City of Ember have languished in a world of artificial 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. —Fox Walden At the end of mankind on Earth, scientists build a self-sufficient underground city for a few people in order to preserve the human race for 200 years. They leave instructions for the future generations to return to the surface of the planet in a steel box that should be kept by the Mayors through the generations. However, the instructions are lost and the inhabitants stay in the city that is completely deteriorated. The power generator has problems and the blackouts are longer and more frequent and the city is running out of food that needs to be rationed. On the Assignment Day, teenagers Lina Mayfleet (Saoirse Ronan) and Doon Harrow (Harry Treadaway) are assigned to work with the pipework and as messenger, but they swap their job positions. Lina, who is the descendant of the seventh Mayor, finds the box of instructions in her grandmother's house and shows it to her friend Doon. They decide to explore the way out of the city and they discover that the corrupt Major and his henchmen are stealing food from the population. When they are hunted by the Major's hoodlums, they must find the way out of Ember to survive and save the populations from the imminent darkness and the end of the city. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

It is 1872, and a British inventor, a Chinese thief, and a French artist set off to circumnavigate the globe in 80 days. They travel by land, air, sea, and inline skates in order to beat the clock and finish where they started.