Divergent (film)

Divergent is a 2014 American science fiction action film directed by Neil Burger, based on the novel of the same name by Veronica Roth. The film is the first installment in The Divergent Series and was produced by Lucy Fisher, Pouya Shabazian, and Douglas Wick, with a screenplay by Evan Daugherty and Vanessa Taylor. It stars Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zo Kravitz, Miles Teller, Tony Goldwyn, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q and Kate Winslet. The story takes place in a dystopian and postapocalyptic Chicago where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues. Beatrice Prior is warned that she is Divergent and thus will never fit into any one of the factions. She soon learns that a sinister plot is brewing in her seemingly perfect society.

In a futuristic dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions Abnegation the selfless, Amity the peaceful, Candor the honest, Dauntless the brave, and Erudite the intellectual. The remaining population are the Factionless, who have no status or privilege in this society. When children reach the age of 16, they undergo a seruminduced psychological test which indicates their bestsuited faction, then are allowed to choose any faction as their permanent group at the subsequent Choosing Ceremony.Beatrice Prior Shailene Woodley was born into Abnegation, which runs the government. Her father, Andrew Prior Tony Goldwyn, serves on the ruling council along with the head of Abnegation, Marcus Eaton Ray Stevenson. Beatrice takes her test with a Dauntless woman named Tori Wu Maggie Q as her proctor. Her results show equal attributes of multiple factions, meaning she is Divergent. Her divergence includes Abnegation, Erudite, and Dauntless. Tori records her results as Abnegation and warns her to keep the true result a secret, saying that because Divergents can think independently and the government therefore cannot control them, they are considered threats to the existing social order. ........

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