𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙚𝙨:

NEVER LET GO (2024)

“To save her child, she must lose everything.”

 Genre

Psychological Thriller · Drama · Survival · Mystery

 Directed by

David F. Sandberg (Lights Out, Shazam!)

Plot Summary

Sarah Dawson (played by Jessica Chastain) is a single mother trying to rebuild her life in a quiet coastal town after escaping a violent past. Her only focus is protecting her 8-year-old son, Ethan, whose strange dreams seem to mirror traumatic events neither of them speak about.

But when Ethan vanishes during a school trip—and no one else seems to remember he existed—Sarah’s reality begins to unravel.

Haunted by visions, strange symbols, and the feeling of being watched, she’s forced to confront a terrifying truth: Ethan may never have existed at all… or someone has erased him completely.

As Sarah digs deeper, she uncovers a secret project tied to psychological warfare, memory manipulation, and maternal trauma—where mothers are the subjects, and grief is the weapon.

To find her son, Sarah must risk her sanity, escape a powerful system, and ultimately ask:

What if the only thing real… is her love for him?

 Cast

• Jessica Chastain as Sarah Dawson

• Noah Jupe as Ethan (flashbacks & dreams)

• Cillian Murphy as Dr. Rhodes, a neuroscientist hiding secrets

• Keri Russell as Detective Lang, who doesn’t believe Ethan existed

• Willem Dafoe as The Whisper Man – a presence tied to the boy’s disappearance

Themes

• Motherhood and mental health

• Memory, perception, and trauma

• The fragility of identity

• The line between grief and delusion

 Taglines

“How do you find someone the world says was never real?”

“You can forget. But a mother never lets go.”

“The mind forgets. The heart remembers.”

Post-Credit Scene

A security camera in a hospital basement flickers. A boy—Ethan—is seen walking past. He looks at the lens. Smiles. Then vanishes.