Children of Men

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American film British film dystopian film film science fiction film

Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian science fiction film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, acclaimed for its immersive long-take cinematography and bleak vision of a near-future global infertility crisis.

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Children of Men (2006 film) 1
The Children of Men 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American film ⓘ
British film ⓘ
dystopian film ⓘ
film ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Film Editing ⓘ
basedOn Children of Men self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Children of Men

novel by P. D. James ⓘ
castMember Charlie Hunnam ⓘ
Chiwetel Ejiofor ⓘ
Clare-Hope Ashitey ⓘ
Clive Owen ⓘ
Danny Huston ⓘ
Julianne Moore ⓘ
Michael Caine ⓘ
Pam Ferris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Mullan ⓘ
centralTheme authoritarianism ⓘ
global infertility ⓘ
immigration and refugees ⓘ
cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki ⓘ
composer John Tavener ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criticalReception acclaimed ⓘ
director Alfonso Cuarón ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor Alex Rodríguez ⓘ
Alfonso Cuarón ⓘ
filmingLocation London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

South East England ⓘ
surface form: Southeast England
genre dystopian ⓘ
science fiction ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasMetacriticScore 84 ⓘ
hasRottenTomatoesScore 92% ⓘ
knownFor long-take cinematography ⓘ
single-shot action sequences ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Jasper Palmer ⓘ
Julian Taylor ⓘ
Kee ⓘ
Theo Faron ⓘ
narrativeLocation United Kingdom ⓘ
plotSummary In a near-future world where humans have become infertile, a disillusioned bureaucrat must protect a miraculously pregnant woman and escort her to safety. ⓘ
producer Eric Newman ⓘ
Hilary Shor ⓘ
Iain Smith ⓘ
Marc Abraham ⓘ
productionCompany Hit & Run Productions ⓘ
Strike Entertainment ⓘ
publicationDate 2006-09-03 ⓘ
releaseYear 2006 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 109 ⓘ
screenwriter Alfonso Cuarón ⓘ
David Arata ⓘ
Hawk Ostby ⓘ
Mark Fergus ⓘ
Timothy J. Sexton ⓘ
setInYear 2027 ⓘ
visualStyle documentary-like realism ⓘ
handheld camera work ⓘ

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Children of Men → basedOn → Children of Men self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Children of Men
Alfonso Cuarón → directed → Children of Men ⓘ
Alfonso Cuarón → directed → Children of Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: Children of Men (2006 film)
Alfonso Cuarón → notableWork → Children of Men ⓘ
Chiwetel Ejiofor → notableWork → Children of Men ⓘ
Emmanuel Lubezki → notableWork → Children of Men ⓘ
Julianne Moore → notableWork → Children of Men ⓘ
Alfonso Cuarón → producerOf → Children of Men ⓘ
Emmanuel Lubezki → workedOn → Children of Men ⓘ
Chivo → workedOn → Children of Men ⓘ
subject surface form: Emmanuel Lubezki
Alfonso Cuarón → wroteScreenplayFor → Children of Men ⓘ