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I have chosen Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian science-fiction thriller, Children of Men, for my textual analysis. The film is set in 2027, in a world where women have become infertile, filling the world with panic and suffering. It is set in England, and follows Theo, a former activist, who is trying to take a miraculously pregnant immigrant to a sanctuary, while attempting to escape the British government and other antagonistic forces. I have chosen a section of the film between 01:08:30-01:12:25, where Theo and Kee attempt to travel to an overnight shelter in a migrant camp, alongside a midwife called Miriam. To analyse this section, I will be focusing on mise-en-scene and cinematography, in reference to the dystopian genre, as well as looking at the historical and social context connected to the film. 

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