Children of Men

Histoire(s) du Cinéma – Lifetime Achievement Award Alfonso Cuarón

USA, United Kingdom, Japan · 2006 · 35 mm · Color · 109' · o.v. English / German / Italian / Romanian / Spanish / Arabic / Georgian / Russian / Serbian

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Set in a bleak future where humans can no longer procreate, Alfonso Cuarón’s remarkable adaptation of P.D. James’s novel depicts a former activist (Clive Owen) who gets enlisted by his former comrades to help transport a high-priority refugee across England. Once he discovers her astonishing secret, this already chaotic dystopian world becomes even more unstable and violent.

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Director

Alfonso Cuarón

Screenplay

Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby

Based on

the eponymous novel by P. D. James.

Cast

Clive Owen, Clare-Hope Ashitey, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine, Pam Ferris

Producer

Iain Smith, Tony Smith, Marc Abraham, Eric Newman, Hilary Shor

Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki

Editing

Álex Rodríguez, Alfonso Cuarón

Music

John Tavener

Production

Universal Pictures
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Strike Entertainment

Hit and Run Productions
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Toho-Towa

International sales

Park Circus
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Print

Cinémathèque suisse
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