Children of Men (2006)

Actors: Miriam Karlin (actress), Alfonso Cuarón (writer), Clive Owen (actor), John Warman (actor), Julianne Moore (actress), Armyan Bernstein (producer), Forbes KB (actor), João Costa Menezes (actor), Michael Caine (actor), Ray Donn (actor), Peter Mullan (actor), Danny Huston (actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (actor), Alfonso Cuarón (director), Jany Temime (costume designer),

Plot: The world's youngest citizen has just died at 18, and humankind is facing the likelihood of its own extinction. Set in and around a dystopian London fractious with violence and warring nationalistic sects, Children of Men follows the unexpected discovery of a lone pregnant woman and the desperate journey to deliver her to safety and restore faith for a future beyond those presently on Earth.

Keywords: 2020s, abandoned-school, african-anglo, aging, air-guitar, airplane, alarm, alcoholism, allegory, ambiguous-ending
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller,
Taglines: No children. No future. No hope. The future's a thing of the past. The last one to die please turn out the light. The last days of human race. No child has been born for 18 years. He must protect our only hope. In 20 years, women are infertile. No children. No future. No hope. But all that can change in a heartbeat. The Year 2027.

Quotes:

Jasper: Your baby is the miracle the whole world has been waiting for.

Theodore Faron: I can't really remember when I last had any hope, and I certainly can't remember when anyone else did either. Because really, since women stopped being able to have babies, what's left to hope for?

Miriam: As the sound of the playgrounds faded, the despair set in. Very odd, what happens in a world without children's voices.

Luke: [his last line] I had a sister...

Radio Announcer: And now one for all the nostalgics out there. A blast from the past all the way back from 2003, that beautiful time when people refused to accept that the future was just around the corner.

Theodore Faron: A hundred years from now there won't be one sad fuck to look at any of this. What keeps you going?::Nigel: You know what it is, Theo? I just don't think about it.

Luke: Julian was wrong. She thought it could be peaceful. But how can it be peaceful when they try to take away your dignity?

Jasper: Everything is a mythical, cosmic battle between faith and chance. [offers Miriam a joint]::Miriam: Maybe I shouldn't.::Jasper: You already did. Take another one. Now cough. What do you taste?::Miriam: Strawberries!::Jasper: Strawberries? That's what it's called: Strawberry Cough!::Kee: Wicked!::Jasper: So. You've got faith over here, right? And chance over there.::Miriam: Like yin and yang.::Jasper: Sort of.::Miriam: Or Shiva and Shakti.::Jasper: Lennon and McCartney!::Kee: [looking at pictures] Look, Julian and Theo.::Jasper: Yeah, there you go! Julian and Theo met among a million protestors in a rally by chance. But they were there because of what they believed in in the first place, their faith. They wanted to change the world. And their faith kept them together. But by chance, Dylan was born.::Kee: [picks up another photo] This is him?::Jasper: Yeah, that's him. He'd have been about your age. Magical child. Beautiful. Their faith put in praxis.::Miriam: "Praxis"? What happened?::Jasper: Chance. He was their sweet little dream. He had little hands, little legs, little feet. Little lungs. And in 2008, along came the flu pandemic. And then, by chance, he was gone. You see, Theo's faith lost out to chance. So, why bother if life's going to make its own choices?::Kee: Baby's got Theo's eyes.::Jasper: Yeah.::Miriam: Oh, boy. That's terrible. But, you know, everything happens for a reason.::Jasper: That, I don't know. But Theo and Julian would always bring Dylan. He loved it here.

[first lines]::Newsreader: Day 1,000 of the Siege of Seattle.::Newsreader: The Muslim community demands an end to the Army's occupation of mosques.::Newsreader: The Homeland Security bill is ratified. After eight years, British borders will remain closed. The deportation of illegal immigrants will continue. Good morning. Our lead story.

[last lines]::Kee: Theo, the boat. The boat! It's OK. We are safe now. We're safe.