Alfonso Cuarón's dystopia presents a world where the birth of a child is a moment of hope. Every born child brings us hope for a better future, but in this movie this miracle is more important because the most recent birth took place more than twenty years before. Humans find themselves at the verge of extinction due to worldwide infertility.
I do not believe that a species could go away that way. But then again, the future is unknowable.
What I like about this movie is the sense of urgency that we must have to face the real threats upon us right now. Inuit people are abandoning their way of life because the Arctic is warmer than in any time of recorded history. Europe is having heat episodes killing thousands of people, and the desert is encroaching Darfur, where millions of people are dying. This is apocalyptic.
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