Children of Men

Children of Men Glossary

Infertility

The inability to conceive a child

Miracle

An extraordinary event that has no logical explanation

Repent

When a person feels genuine regret about their wrongdoing

Nostalgic

A feeling of longing or affection for the past, typically for a specific event/period

Pandemic

Usually a disease that has become widespread

Refugee

Someone who flees from their home country to another country because of significant danger or hardship

Dystopia

The opposite of utopia; an imagined place or state in which everything is bad, often under some form of totalitarian government

Bexhill

A seaside town in England; in the film, used as a refugee camp for illegal immigrants

Catatonic

In an unresponsive stupor

Transit Papers

Documents permitting a person to move freely within a country

Pound

The British unit of currency

Photojournalism

A form of journalism that employs images to tell a news story

Alleged

Said, without proof, to have taken place

Fabricate

To invent or concoct something, typically with deceitful intent

Midwife

A person trained to assist women in childbirth

Fascism

An authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing system of government and social organization

Miscarriage

The expulsion of a human fetus from the womb before it is viable

Uprising

An act of revolt

Bounty

A monetary gift or reward

Ambush

To conduct a surprise attack on someone from a concealed position

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