Children Of Men Page #6

Synopsis: 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.
Director(s): Alfonso Cuarón
Production: Universal Pictures
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 48 wins & 76 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
84
Rotten Tomatoes:
92%
R
Year:
2006
109 min
$35,100,000
Website
8,972 Views


Sh*t. Sh*t!

All right, sweetheart. All right, sweetheart.

Everything is fine. Breathe.

Just breathe it out. That's it.

Tomorrow you'll be safe.

You'll be on the boat.

On the Tomorrow, they'll take care of you.

They'll take you far away from all this.

(MAN SPEAKING

FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Look up, you piece of shite. Look up.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Out!

Get out!

Lord, give Kee the strength to know

that she has the power already within her.

-She has the wisdom...

-What's wrong with you?

I said, what's wrong with you?

Look at me!

I said, what's wrong with you?

-Saint Gabriel, help us...

-Shut up!

-You! Out!

-Saint Gabriel, come to our aid!

Listen, you f***ing nutcase! Get out!

-Up, now. Come on.

-Caca! Caca!

Piss. Piss. Caca. Smell. Girl.

You smell it yourself.

You f***ing people disgust me.

She's okay, Kee. She's okay.

-She's gonna be...

-Miriam!

(SHUSHING)

SOLDIER:
Move it! Come along now!

Come on, shift it! Shift it! You!

Get down there. Down there. Move.

Follow the line!

-Theo!

-Kee!

-Take it off!

-Theo!

Come on, move! Move it! Come on!

Move it! Move it!

Come on! Move! Move!

WOMAN ON PA:
Britain supports you

and provides you shelter.

Do not support terrorists.

Britain supports you

and provides you shelter.

Do not support terrorists.

Hey you, buddy!

Buddy, buddy, welcome to paradise!

You want accommodations?

I got running water! I got...

Just leave the girl alone.

-Who the f*** are you to tell me what to do?

-F*** off.

-Who do you f***ing think you are?

-F*** off.

Don't mind these bastards.

I'll take care of you.

Come on, I've got a room, food,

a place to stay. What do you need?

-I'm fine, thanks.

-You must need something, man.

"F*** off," is it? Bollocks.

Marichka?

It's okay, Kee.

Just breathe through it.

That's it. It's okay. We're almost there, Kee.

We're almost there.

(MARICHKA SINGING

IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

THEO:
It's just a few stairs.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Just hold onto me.

I've got you.

Just keep breathing.

Marichka? How far?

How far?

We're almost there, Kee. Almost there.

You're doing great. Come on.

You're almost there. Three more steps.

We're there, Kee. We're there.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Okay, there's a bed. Easy.

Make her go! Make her go!

That's great. Thank you.

KEE:
Get her out!

Get her out!

Thank you.

(DOG YELPING)

Okay, Kee.

I'm going to put my coat underneath.

You'll be cleaner.

You're okay.

Okay?

There's water.

I'm just going to wash my hands.

(GROANING)

-Theo! Theo!

-I'm here. F***!

It's okay. Everything's okay.

Do something!

It's looking good, Kee. It's looking good.

You're doing great. Just keep breathing.

-Keep breathing.

-I am breathing!

No, like Miriam said. Do you remember?

Breathe out. Just think about the out.

Breathe out and push. Push as well.

-That's it. That's it!

-I can't!

Yes, you can. Yes, you can.

Just out and push.

Out and push.

-That's it!

-I can't do it, Theo. Stop it, please.

Kee, I can see the head. I can see the head.

You're doing great. You're doing great, Kee.

That's it. That's it.

It's coming again.

Just breathe out and push. Out and push.

-That's it. Out and...

-I can't.

-You can. Yes, you can.

-I f***ing can't!

-Yes, you f***ing can! Come on!

-I can't do it.

Kee, the head's coming out.

That's it, you're nearly there!

You're nearly there. Just push!

Push, Kee! Push!

Push!

Oh, my God.

(CRYING)

How is he?

It's a girl.

Kee, you've got a girl.

Hey, baba.

-Aren't we supposed to cut the cord?

-Yeah, it's okay. There's no rush.

You've done it.

Kee,

see?

It wasn't that bad.

Oh, yeah, not for you.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

(BANGING AT DOOR)

(DOG BARKING)

SYD:
Come on! Hurry up!

We don't have much time!

Who is it?

The King of England.

Open the door, you a**hole. It's Syd.

How can you sleep through

when the whole city's going to hell?

-What's wrong with her?

-She's fine. It's a woman's thing.

F*** off!

A few hours ago, a bomb blew a hole

in the fence and fugees got out.

But Syd happens to know,

the hole in the fence

isn't about fugees getting out.

-It's about Fishies getting in.

-KEE:
Go away.

Syd also happens to know that the Army's

gonna blow the sh*t out of this place.

But don't worry. Syd is here to get you out.

F*** off. Go away. Go on. Piss off!

Get your f***ing dog.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

What you got there?

-KEE:
Nothing.

-Nothing?

-Nothing.

-No?

-Like to show me?

-I don't have anything.

-It's nothing.

-Well, if it's nothing, then I can have a look.

-It's nothing.

-Let me see.

-No.

-Let me see.

It's okay. Let me see.

Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ.

-That's a...

-That's right.

We got a baby.

And now we need a rowboat.

Can you help us?

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Get her up. Get her up. We need to go.

Can you help us get a boat?

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Just get her up.

We need to go. We need to go now.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

-What's she saying?

-F*** knows.

Bad! Bad! Bad!

-She doesn't want us to go.

-SYD:
Shut up.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

We need to go.

Syd was watching television last night

with Mommy.

She's a sweet old soul.

Dying of cancer. It's heartbreaking.

And then the news came on,

and you two were on it.

Something about a cop killer.

Something about a big reward.

Syd then finds out

the Fishes are looking for you.

So Syd thinks,

"If the Fishes are looking for you,

"and the coppers are looking for you,

"you people are first class commodities."

Shut the f*** up! Shut up!

Down, down, down!

Now, Syd has a baby.

Bad! Bad! Bad!

Marichka!

SYD:
I'll f***ing kill you, you b*tch!

I'll f***ing kill you!

B*tch. You b*tch.

Baby! Marichka baby!

Quick, quick. The baby!

My baby! She took...

SYD:
I'll f***ing kill you, you gypsy b*tch!

(BABY CRYING)

I'm gonna blow your f***ing brains out.

(GUN FIRING)

Go, go!

(GUN FIRING)

F***! Sh*t.

How are you doing?

-How are you?

-It hurts.

Marichka, we need a boat.

A boat. The sea, a boat, a rowboat.

We need a boat.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

A f***ing boat! A boat.

-A rowboat!

-Yes.

Hurry.

-You okay? Come on.

-Hurry.

Hurry. Hurry.

(MACHINE GUNS FIRING)

(MARICHKA AND MAN

SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

It's okay.

(SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(WOMAN SINGING

IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

(KEE LAUGHING)

(SINGING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Look at that, Theo. They love my baby.

I want to call her Bazouka.

Bazouka?

You don't like it?

I was getting used to Froley.

Froley's a man's name.

What is he thinking, giving you

a boy's name? You're a girl.

We have a boat. Stay here.

In one hour, we go.

THEO:
Thanks.

Human Project real?

It better be.

(SPEAKING IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE)

Drop your gun! Drop your gun!

Put your hands up!

Put your f***ing hands in the air!

Okay, is clear! Is clear!

Hands above your head

and f***ing move that here.

You killed my f***ing cousin!

Get on your knees!

On your knees, you f***ing...

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Alfonso Cuarón

Alfonso Cuarón Orozco (born November 28, 1961) is a Mexican film director, screenwriter, producer and editor best known for his dramas A Little Princess (1995) and Y Tu Mamá También (2001), the fantasy film Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), and science fiction thrillers Children of Men (2006) and Gravity (2013). Cuarón is the first Latin American director to win an AMPAS Award for Best Directing. more…

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