Children of Men (2006) Children of Men (2006)

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Director: Alfonso Cuarón. Adapted from the P.D. James novel.

Premise

2027. No human child has been born in eighteen years. Britain is a militarized state corralling refugees into camps. Theo Faron, a depressed government bureaucrat and former activist, is abducted by his ex-wife Julian's refugee-rights group, the Fishes, and asked to procure transit papers for a young African woman named Kee — who is mysteriously, miraculously pregnant.

Analysis

• Plot Structure (Children of Men) — the film mapped through the Two Approaches framework
• Backbeats (Children of Men) — scene-by-scene beat breakdown