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Children of Men (2006)

Name: Children of Men
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
Genre: drama film, adventure film, science fiction film
Duration: 106 min
Rating: 7.9

Children of Men is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film directed and co-written by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel The Children of Men, was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making additional, uncredited contributions. The film is set in 2027, when two decades of human infertility have left human civilisation on the brink of collapse. Asylum seekers seek sanctuary in the…

Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · Shot by Emmanuel Lubezki · Cut by Alex Rodríguez · Music by John Tavener · 106 min

Behind the scenes

How Alfonso Cuaron Motivates Camera Movements — "Car Chase" Long Take (Children of Men) — StudioBinder · 7 min
Children of Men (2006) Making-of & Behind the Scenes | Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, Michael Caine — Popular Media Channel · 20 min
How Emmanuel 'Chivo' Lubezki Shot Children of Men — Angus Davies · 7 min
Alfonso Cuaron Explains How He Directed Children of Men — The Director's Cut · 11 min
CHILDREN OF MEN - Creating Eccentric Characters in Sci-Fi Drama (Behind the Scenes) — Cinema Labyrinthine · 9 min
Children of Men: Don't Ignore The Background — Nerdwriter1 · 8 min
Children Of Men - The Immersion Of Lubezki's Cinematography — You Have Been Watching Films · 5 min
Alfonso Cuarón - Did Children of Men Predict Populism Today? | Screenwriter's Lecture — BAFTA Guru · 6 min

Elsewhere

More by Alfonso Cuarón

Sólo Con Tu Pareja — 1991
A Little Princess — 1995
Great Expectations — 1998
Y tu mamá también — 2001
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban — 2004
Paris, je t'aime — 2006
The Possibility of Hope — 2007
Gravity — 2013
Roma — 2018

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