In 2027, in a chaotic world in which women have become somehow infertile, a former activist agrees to help transport a miraculously pregnant woman to a sanctuary at sea.

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Alfonso Cuarón

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Alfonso Cuarón (screenplay), Timothy J. Sexton (screenplay) | 4 more credits »
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Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi Juan Gabriel Yacuzzi ... Baby Diego (as Juan Yacuzzi)
Mishal Husain Mishal Husain ... Newsreader
Rob Curling Rob Curling ... Newsreader
Jon Chevalier Jon Chevalier ... Café Customer
Rita Davies ... Café Customer
Kim Fenton Kim Fenton ... Café Customer
Chris Gilbert Chris Gilbert ... Café Customer
Phoebe Hawthorne Phoebe Hawthorne ... Café Customer
Rebecca Howard Rebecca Howard ... Café Customer
Atalanta White Atalanta White ... Café Customer (as Atlanta White)
Laurence Woodbridge Laurence Woodbridge ... Café Customer
Clive Owen ... Theo Faron
Maria McErlane Maria McErlane ... Shirley
Michael Haughey Michael Haughey ... Mr. Griffiths
Phaldut Sharma ... Ian (as Paul Sharma)
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London, 2027. In this dystopian world, humans have been incapable of reproducing for eighteen years for an unknown reason, meaning the imminent extinction of the species. Britain is the one remaining civilized society on the planet, which has resulted in people wanting to immigrate there. As such, it has become a police state in order to handle the immigrants, who are placed into refugee camps. Lowly government bureaucrat Theo Faron, once an activist, is approached by the Fishes, deemed a terrorist group, led by his ex-wife Julian Taylor, who he has not seen in close to twenty years, their marriage which disintegrated following the death of their infant son Dylan during the 2008 flu pandemic. Although the Fishes did use terrorist means in their on-going revolution against the state in the fight for immigrant rights, Julian vows that they now garner support solely by speaking to the people. What she wants is for Theo to use his connections to get transit papers for a young immigrant ... Written by Huggo

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In 20 years, women are infertile. No children. No future. No hope. But all that can change in a heartbeat. See more »


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Julianne Moore was cast as Julian, as writer and director Alfonso Cuarón wanted an actress who had "the credibility of leadership, intelligence, and independence." See more »

Goofs

After the large Bexhill battle scene, as Theo and Kee walk out of the building trough a crowd of stunned soldiers, the prop number "27" is clearly written in marker on the stock of one of the soldiers' SA80 assault rifle. See more »

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[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.
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Crazy Credits

At the very end, one can read "Shanti, Shanti, Shanti" with children shouting and laughing on the soundtrack, which can be heard repeatedly throughout the end credits. This is the last line of T.S. Eliot's 1922 poem "The Wasteland." "Shanti" means "peace" in Sanskrit. See more »

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Kindertotenlieder: Nun will die Sonn' so hell aufgeh'n
Written by Gustav Mahler
Performed by Berliner Philharmoniker, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (as Dietrich Fischer Dieskau), Karl Böhm (as Karl Bohm), Gustav Mahler
Courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Hamburg
Under license from Universal Music Operations Ltd
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Restored my faith in the art of cinema
23 October 2006 | by adamk-2See all my reviews

I've had a particularly bad film year, especially after having seen one particular over-hyped vacuous mess earlier in the year which all but killed my desire to see any films, no matter how interesting they looked or what the critics said about them. So, it was with a little trepidation that I went to see this, especially given that it starred Clive Owen (IMHO, the George Lazenby of British acting).

Well, I loved it and I'm not ashamed. It's unremittingly bleak and violent, but so beautifully filmed and realised that, at one point, I damn nearly burst into tears that someone could have created something so fresh and so moving, so provocative, so disturbing and so grimly beautiful. I thought it brought a real sense of imagination to the screen and that it was possessed of a fantastic visual flair. I felt that it ended on a note of hope, however uncertain and unclear, and certainly a note of redemption for the hero. I'll admit that Owen, while he still hasn't convinced me that he's a great actor, pulls off this role with a hangdog...um, doggedness that I found believable and often even moving.

I left the cinema strangely elated, relieved that cinema still has the power to move.


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19 October 2006 (New Zealand) See more »

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$76,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$501,003, 31 December 2006

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$35,552,383

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

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