Im Jahr 2027, in einer chaotischen Welt, in der Frauen irgendwie unfruchtbar geworden sind, willigt ein ehemaliger Aktivist ein, eine auf wundersame Weise schwanger gewordene Frau in ein Hei... Alles lesenIm Jahr 2027, in einer chaotischen Welt, in der Frauen irgendwie unfruchtbar geworden sind, willigt ein ehemaliger Aktivist ein, eine auf wundersame Weise schwanger gewordene Frau in ein Heiligtum auf See zu bringen.Im Jahr 2027, in einer chaotischen Welt, in der Frauen irgendwie unfruchtbar geworden sind, willigt ein ehemaliger Aktivist ein, eine auf wundersame Weise schwanger gewordene Frau in ein Heiligtum auf See zu bringen.
- Für 3 Oscars nominiert
- 49 Gewinne & 89 Nominierungen insgesamt
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- (as Juan Yacuzzi)
- Café Customer
- (as Atlanta White)
- Ian
- (as Paul Sharma)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesIn the movie, the infertility crisis is the result of all women being infertile. In the original novel by P.D. James, it's the result of all men producing no sperm.
- PatzerWhen Theo and Jasper smoke Strawberry Cough, the sleeping cat changes its position between every cut without ever waking up.
- Zitate
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.
- Crazy CreditsAt 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.
- SoundtracksFragments of a Prayer
Music by John Tavener
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios
Mezzo soprano: Sarah Connolly
Conducted by John Tavener
Orchestra contractor Isobel Griffiths
Recorded and Produced by Simon Rhodes
Assisted by Richard Lancaster and Ian Stickland
1) Fantastic cinematography. Some like hand-held, some don't. It certainly worked very well here.
2) Related to (1), very long shots. There is one scene where the camera lens has blood splats on it for quite a few minutes. Hollywood would get rid of it, but for this movie it adds amazingly to the atmosphere that is being created.
3) Like "Code46" the technology is in the background. Just the way it should be, allowing us to focus on the story.
4) Theo as the central character NEVER picks up a gun, despite them being all over the place and easily available. As a viewer you are almost willing him to do so, to manage some of his challenges - but very deliberately the character does not.
5) I've read separately that yes this is a comment on current society. Being an Australian, with our controversial immigration laws and practices, that rings true.
6) Similar to (5), using the term "Homeland Security" in the movie is an obvious reference.
7) The revolutionaries/terrorists/fishes are shown to be just as political and militant as the government they oppose.
There are more, but that is enough. Overall a wonderful movie which leaves me thinking for a long time, which is all I ask.
Cheers!
Anton.
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Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsländer
- Offizielle Standorte
- Sprachen
- Auch bekannt als
- Niños del hombre
- Drehorte
- Montevideo, Uruguay(on location)
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Box Office
- Budget
- 76.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 35.552.383 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 501.003 $
- 31. Dez. 2006
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 70.596.471 $
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 49 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.85 : 1