"We all know it; we just never say it." - Institutionalized disinformation as a precondition for vulnerability in the context of cloning and organ donation in Never Let Me Go

Background In the movie Never Let Me Go, clones are depicted as highly vulnerable and heteronomous individuals, forced to donate their organs anonymously. In this paper, we analyze the depiction of the clones' socialization and personal development, scrutinizing references to bioethical aspects. Arguments As a symbolic work of fiction, this movie can be regarded as an abstract negotiation of limited agency. The clones are situated in "privileged deprivation"; from the audience's point of view, they are deprived and unable to evolve into autonomous agents-but from their own perspective within the dystopian system, they are still "privileged". We argue that this movie symbolically focuses on individuals who do not profit from modern medical progress or do not have enough agency to refuse it. Results Movies such as Never Let Me Go evoke a confrontation with underprivileged positions in the medical system, encouraging the audience to take the perspective of the marginalized..