Movie Night: Children of Men (2006)

It's the year 2027, and the world teeters on the brink of collapse. For eighteen years, humanity has been plagued by an inexplicable phenomenon: global infertility. No child has been born, and with each passing day, hope dwindles, replaced by widespread despair, anarchy, and a weary acceptance of mankind's inevitable extinction. Governments crumble, societies descend into chaos, and the last vestiges of civilization are policed by increasingly brutal, authoritarian regimes.

Theo Faron (Clive Owen), a disillusioned former activist haunted by personal tragedy, drifts through this dying world, his cynicism a shield against the futility of existence. But his apathy is shattered when he's abducted by the Fishes, a radical immigrant rights group led by his estranged ex-wife, Julian (Julianne Moore). They present him with an impossible, dangerous task: to transport a young, undocumented refugee named Kee (Clare-Hope Ashitey) to a mysterious, clandestine organization known only as the Human Project.

Children of Men is a visceral, unflinching, and ultimately hopeful epic about the resilience of the human spirit in the face of unimaginable despair, by acclaimed Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity, Y tu mamá también, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Roma).

If you want to reserve and purchase your ticket, please contact the organizer (Carlos) via PM or WhatsApp group by July 7, 21:00 hs, as tickets with the best seats usually sell out in advance. Entrance fee: 19 CHF

Alternatively, you can book your own ticket online: https://www.riffraff-houdini.ch/de-ch/film/children-of-men.html

We can also arrange a spontaneous dinner before the film, at LILY'S Original, on the corner of Neugasse and Langstrasse. To be coordinated on our WhatsApp group.

Children of Men
US / UK / JP, 2006
Director: Alfonso Cuarón
109 min
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/
Entrance fee: 19 CHF
English, with German subtitles