The last film selected for this year by the English Department is Children of Men. This is a 2006 dystopian science fiction film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The script was loosely adapted from P. D. James’s 1992 novel The Children of Men by Cuarón and Timothy J. Sextona and it stars Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Michael Caine.
Set in the United Kingdom of 2027, the film explores a grim world in which two decades of global human infertility have left humanity with less than a century to survive. Societal collapse, terrorism, and environmental destruction accompany the impending extinction. Meanwhile, the United Kingdom — perhaps the last functioning government — persecutes a seemingly endless wave of illegal immigrant refugees seeking sanctuary. In the midst of this chaos, Theo Faron (Clive Owen) must find safe transit for Kee (Claire-Hope Ashitey), a pregnant African refugee.
The film will be shown in class during the first week of May.
You can watch the trailer here:
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