Klara and the Sun: Book vs. Movie
Taika Waititi's 2026 film Klara and the Sun adapts Kazuo Ishiguro's book. Jenna Ortega plays an artificial companion who joins the household of a teenage girl played by Mia Tharia.
About the book and the movie
- Author
- Kazuo Ishiguro
- Year
- 2021
- Pages
- 321Buy book
- Audiobook length
- 10 hr 16 minGet audiobook
- Narrator
- Sura Siu
Klara, a solar-powered Artificial Friend, studies people from a shop window while waiting for someone to take her home. Chosen as a companion for a teenager named Josie, she tries to understand the girl's illness and the anxieties of the adults around her. Her determination to help rests on an unusually strong faith in the sun.
- Director
- Taika Waititi
- Writer
- Dahvi Waller, Taika Waititi
- Year
- 2026
- Runtime
- 1 hr 56 minWatch on Amazon
- Cast
- Jenna Ortega, Amy Adams, Mia Tharia, Aran Murphy
- Genre
- drama film, dystopian film, science fiction film
- IMDb
- View on IMDb
Klara, an artificial companion, hopes to be chosen by someone who needs her. She finds a connection with Josie, a girl whose relationship with her mother has been strained by loss. Entering their household, Klara tries to understand what each of them needs and whether her loyalty can help a family struggling to reconnect.
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