Cease fire miracle scene (Children of Men 2006) (Full HD)
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- My favourite scene from Children of Men. In the world of Children of Men humanity is on the brink of extiction by simply being infertile. Therefor nobody has anything to live for, so nobody has reason to stop warring. But in this scene embattled refugees in a ruined flat and soldiers see a baby for the first time in their life. They realise they are witnessing a miracle. A very beautiful scene with a very cynical ending..
- Krátké a kreslené filmy
I love it when the extras carry a scene just as much as the lead players. Damn this whole scene is beyond words
The most amazing thing about this scene is the difference between the young and old soldiers expressions. The young have never seen a baby possibly ever in person while the old are in awe. This movie will gain a cult following sooo underrated.
C Sarnasi I hadn’t thought of that, but you’re right. At the beginning of the movie, they said the youngest person was 16-ish? So the young soldiers had probably only seen a baby in a photo or movie.
@@schisandra Ricardo was 18 years old when killed. He was the last person on Earth to be born.
not underrated lol
Will gain a cult following?
Are you fucking stupid? Not only is the movie nearly 15 years old but it is already popular.
By the time you made your comment it was already a cult classic.
“It’s a girl, Luke.”
He freezes. Gets me every time 😭
When you spend decades watching the world crumbling down, and for the first time you hear a baby bawl their little lungs out, it might as well be the shuffle of an angels feet
Every single moment in this scene is filled with death, but no one cares. They've seen a glimpse of new life.
They've all lost hope for the future and are fighting to survive in different ways, because they have different ideas on how to save humanity. None of that matters, because they can see right in front of them how their species will be saved.
But then they go right back to killing.
In that moment, that baby is the whole world, the entire future. That tiny baby. It's like the Christ-child. And the simple, mundane things - the soldiers, the building - suddenly become imbued with a holy level of meaning. The shots of them walking through the lower floor of the building look like paintings from inside a chapel.
Man, I cry every time I see this scene.
me too
Me
Lol i was gonna write this
same.
Brings me to tears every time.
HOW UNREALISTIC!
No one's L85 jammed on screen.
Mine never jammed? Did yours?
Probably because it’s the L85A2 or even a newer version since this film is set in the not so distant future was only the original L85 model that sucked balls and pretty sure that got fazed out in late 90s
That is going to be one deaf ass baby.
I thought the same thing!
You can never make a flawless movie, but, you can make a flawless scene. This is one of them.
This movie has flaws ?
Tbh Nicolas Cage would have fitted so much better in the role of Theo. If it was Cage in this scene carrying the baby, that would have been so damn PERFECT, then it would have been flawless. I'm not saying that Cliven didn't play Theo well, not at all, but man what a wasted oppourtinity!
@@Katze400the f you talking about lol?
@@Katze400 Nicholas Cage? lmao, you have weird taste
Preach
Everyone’s talking about the soldiers who stop fighting when they see the baby but at 2:27 that guy who is a member of the fishes put his gun down even though he had been ordered by luke to kill Theo on sight and capture kee and the baby but he didn’t I think he felt that Theo should be the one who would help kee and the baby I find that powerful
Yea it’s like he respects and thanks him with a look in that single moment for looking after her
Also just a nice detail, that fish is the same polish guy he was sharing cigarettes with at the farm they go to earlier in the film.
If you watch closely, he always liked Theo. He made that comment about "The dogs like you. They don't like anyone" when they got to the safehouse. I think he understands Theo and respects what he is trying to do, and also knows Theo will fight to the death to protect that baby. Preserving humanity transcends any "orders". Nature has programmed that into us
BUT how do you know he’s a member of the fishes and not just a REBEL?
@@eden20111 uh because the rebels are the fishies.
I'm unashamed to say, I believe this is the single greatest scene in movie history. It is perfect.
Mike Belcourt Concur.
I have to agree.
Can’t argue with that
Agreed
One of
To imagine the emotions of the old women hearing a baby cry for the first time in so long, thinking they’d never hear it again. Powerful.
1:40 the woman in the background is singing Patty Obassy’s song. She sings in Igbo Language and it’s about the sacrifice of Jesus.
Awesome detail. thanks for sharing!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patty_Obasi
Whats the song name
@@bydreaminc The name of the song is "Eligwe bụ ụlọ ńnà m" (Heaven is my Father's home).
czcams.com/video/0XWTgOEmntw/video.html
(couldn't find his originals here, but this should do it. It even have translated subtitles)
His songs were very popular song in the Southern Part of Nigeria in the 90s and early 2000s. I enjoyed his songs so much as a child. Could sing them all by heart.
Unfortunately, Patty Obassey died 16th of October, 2012. He was a legendary Gospel Singer. He had a unique style to his music.
@@McGillus Lol! She's singing in my language, I don't need to be detailed to pick it up.
Also, she's doing what many adult Nigerians do in times of great distress and tribulations like this... they sing sorrowfully. I can't miss the mood she built up in the scene.
Thanks for the compliment though.
Everyone just wants to HEAR that baby. To know it exists when some have only heard rumors about it, have never seen one, or haven't seen one in decades and are getting a wave of nostalgia.
“I was carrying the baby up the stairs, I started crying. I’d forgotten what they looked like they’re so beautiful, they’re so tiny. Julian was wrong, she thought it could be peaceful, but how can it be peaceful when they try and take away your dignity ?! We need him Theo. We need the baby we need him!”
“It’s a girl, Luke.”
That always stuck with me with this movie. They were all so bent on using this last hope of humanity as a tool for politics they didn’t even know she was a girl.
Thank you for your opinion. I agree to what you say.
Wonder if it was fired on purpose to give them time or not. Either way, they were able to escape
@@markcnut17
i dont think the military would let them go since they, like the Fisher, will likely use those baby for political purpose as well. The only hope left is to find someone that truly believe in humanity's survival and not petty politic.
I never realized it was Tomas, and I wish there are more of him.
I think you're giving the Fishes way, way too much credit. Their actions were consistently self-serving and overwhelmingly monstrous, they only cared about the child and the ability it gave them for a new order under their rule. They commit pointless terrorist attacks, kill ANY person that they deem useless or obstructive and actively try to worsen the situation in the UK for the sake of accelerationist goals.
They didn't care about humanity at all, Luke doesn't hesitate to aim at the baby as it slips away, then carelessly shoots at Theo almost killing Dylan.
The rocket attack isn't them trying to give Kree, Dylan and Theo a chance to escape, its them being irrational gun-ho zealots. They saw the army distracted and their reaction was to ambush them immediatelly. Shrapnel could've killed the baby, or a lost bullet mid-battle. The Fishes showed nothing but complete disregard for the baby's safety and integrity at any point it was obvious they wouldn't be able to use her.
The Fishes were actually worse than the UK government. The UK is forced into drastic measures due to the world literally collapsing on top of them, the Fishes were more than happy to fuel the chaos and waste as much human life for their own goals.
It only takes one idiot to destroy something, and that idiot is the rpg guy. This movie might be one of the best of all time. It's very dark, but has the humanity we all have and need
actually they probably waited until the baby was far enough.......the chaos allowed them to escape anyways
@@rydenson9134 should have elaborated more on my initial comment. I meant it takes one idiot to destroy peace. I think you're right, though. Giving enough distance for them to flee.
@@Bubbertan Peace? They had the building surrounded and were raiding with over 100 soldiers and some tanks. They were to be executed on sight. RPG guy was making a last stand but waited till baby was in the clear.
That's the thing though, isn't it? If it wasn't the guy with the RPG, it would have been someone else. Maybe one of the fishes, maybe one of the soldiers, maybe one of the tenants. Maybe just someone slipping and someone else panicking.
It's one of the (many) messages of this scene. Humans can see a miracle in front of our very eyes and still fuck it up. We can do truly amazing things and then tear them down in an instant and forget they ever were. And the wheel just keeps on turning.
The pacing / timing for that RPG was spot-on and marked the perfect climax for the moment.
Literally the hardest I’ve ever cried, for everyone to stop fighting so suddenly for something so small and innocent, they all just forget what they’re doing and look in awe. One of the best displays of raw humanity ever put to screen
It's like staring at hope, a light that brighten the darkness, everyone of them stopped fighting cause something that was lost just got found again, this scene was crazy beautiful
I still can't get over the fact that this movie got overlooked for Best Picture and Best Director Oscar nominations... if there was ever a movie for which Cuaron SHOULD have won the Best Director Oscar, it was this one, far more so than either Gravity or Roma...
only watching this clip do i realize this is where Theo gets shot - Luke hits him right before Luke gets blown up
For those of you who don't understand Hebrew, the woman crying "Hatinok" - That's' "The baby" in Hebrew.
Yaniv A. Thank you
2:08 This one is easier (at least for Spanish speakers the native language of the director Alfonso Cuarón). "Bendita eres" = Blessed is she (could be translated to something different)
I am not ashamed to say, this really choked me up when I saw it. This and Schindler's List are the only two films that have done that to me.
Try watching Threads.
Try watching pianist
Schindler's List is pure bullshit
Watch The Road. You´ll need therapy after this
I’d also say The Shawshank redemption but it was tears of joy
One of the greatest films of all time. Modern relevance within the storyline, perfect casting, amazing music, and not one but TWO of the most intense and well-executed long takes of any movie I've seen in my almost 30 years on this earth. And I watch a LOT of fuckin movies.
this film is a master piece and anyone says otherwise can fight me!
So how are those anger management classes going?
And I’d join with you.
This is so powerful--each time I watch it I cry uncontrollably. This tiny innocent person can touch so many hearts, can offer the modicum of hope that we all need. Thank you for posting.
4:10 is a good metaphor to describe humanity, on many layers.
They never did a follow up to the film, which is probably a good thing. The unclear, this is your potential future so choose wisely ending option was great for me.
Doesn't need one. For the better I say.
The first soldier coming up the stairs with the mindset that these rebels are done. We’re about to kick ass, take names and nothing is going to stop us until this is squashed. Then he saw the baby.
I just love every bit of this scene. People from all over the world with different cultures, religions and backgrounds, and yet they all stopped to recognize that life is precious.
And yet tragically, the moment slips by as quickly as it came, and the chaos of death continued.
Easily one of the most powerful scenes in cinematic history...
Rewatched this today, after how many years, in the middle of a pandemic. Only now do I realize how f-- powerful this scene is.
Especially when we consider that we had already had one close call in 2002 with SARS, had another one in 2009 with H1N1, and all the events that unfolded between 06 and now...
Right after this pandemic COVID 19 this movie scared the shit out me
In 2022, this movie feels more real and personal to humanity than it did in 2006.
We were never in any real danger lmao
Covid was so scary, people aged 90 dying of a flu 😱
I can't believe this movie didn't win the Oscar. Every single frame is filled with details. The action, the acting, the editing, the cinematography, the score, the themes, everything of just flawless.
Dude, I feel like i am watching a biblical moment every time a see this scene.
Very few movies can bring me close to tears... this is one of them.
Twenty years.
Twenty freaking years of never hearing a baby cry…
What a terrifying and beautiful thing this must be…
This scene is so powerful. Just the sound of a baby crying could change the mindset of the whole world and help rebuild a fractured society. It would a dreamer's notion but hope is valuable tool.
When I was younger, I felt strong emotions watching this movie. But just watching this clip now. 2 years after becoming a father. I can't fathom the thought of what life would he like without my daughter. I genuinely cried watching this much like I cried when my daughter was born.
I have first watched this in my film history class for an assignment i had to do in college. I am glad to be a film buff because of how people shoot powerful scenes. This is one of them, this had me crying so much throughout the entire scene. Seeing that the people in the building finally hears the baby after so many YEARS, shows that humanity is not over, they see this as a miracle as if it was God sent. This scene is too good that i have been rewatching this a lot, and it still has me crying watching it. Children of Men will continue to be my favorite movie.
I love the smiles on their faces, when humanity has to face extinction, we lose our existence entirely. We are no longer these denial ridden omniscient creatures. We come to realize that humanity is fleeting. When they smiled the light of humanity began to cinder, and the pointlessness of fighting/sides/countries/governments becomes more apparent. When the fighting resumes it echoes who we are as human beings, stupid creatures who will act on impulse to rid ourselves of a threat we’ve been convinced will save us once it has been eradicated. The darkest lesson of Children of Men is that we deserve to go extinct, but that doesn’t mean we hve to accept it.
*This is the greatest films ever made*
the sound of a crying child is what silence the gunfire of opposing Nations
Not only that, the sound of a crying child for the first time in 18 years.
Yes, you have seen this film right? It's not just the sound of a child crying, it's the sound of the first child born in 18 years.
In reality the baby would be killed along with everyone in that building by some laser guided smart bomb
theflanman86 Yep.
If only that were true in real life.
One of the most undervalued movies ever.
I saw this movie on tv the other day, i didn't even know it existed, truely one of the best i have ever seen
2:09 how not to die
Never noticed dude get sniped, sucks to go out like that
Ninja attack
Shrapnel doesnt always come with the sound of the initial explosion
I agree with the previous commenter that it was probably shrapnel
This man is an undiscovered genius! Genius in the cinema is the director's delivery of planned emotion by immersing the audience in the movie! Remember the horror of being launched into space!?
Best scene of the movie.
I cry every time I see it.
Beautiful.
One of the best shot, most emotional moments in cinema ever.
A depressing thing that there's no seace fire when a baby is around irl
''They're so beautiful. They're so tiny.'' BANG BANG ''How can it be peaceful, when they won't let you finish your lines?!''
Like most rebels against established orders, Luke's story is rife with tragedy, tribulation, prejudice and of course... violence. In turn, he had become just as hateful as the powers he fought against. Both were justified. Neither were justified. Grey.... as all things are in war.
The rebellion Luke became a key figurehead for was doomed from the start. Their lack of coordination, manpower, munitions, and tactics were their inevitable undoing. Folly overwhelmed them in the face of their enemies, and in the end it never mattered if their cause was a just one... all of the men and women who followed Luke into battle were lost.
Luke was corrupted by the continuation of the tides. Each wave took a bit more of his humanity with him... until what little remained was solely his goals and ambitions. His ploys harbored nothing but murky, bitter spite. His plans became erratic and demented. Luke became oblivious to the humanity found in others. All he knew was war at this point. His subordinates embedded this same mentality.
Down the spiraling drain of bloodshed... all the Fishes went.
Now, nearly everyone who picks up a gun thinks they're the good guy when they fight in a war, but as Winston Churchill once said, “War does not determine who is right... only who is left.”
Even if Luke had somehow survived the conflict erupting from this building, he knew deep down that he would still be lost. Lost in the world. Lost to the world. A lost child of man who'd never again know what it meant to genuinely care for someone else. In an act of desperation, Luke tried to retain all that he thought he was with the only means he knew. Violence.
Luke turned his weapon on a true protector. Theo was *something* he strived to be, and *something* he could never be. Mostly because he saw Theo, Kee, and the baby as *somethings* rather than a *someone.* And it was in that moment when he pulled that trigger on Theo, that Luke knew had truly lost everything. His delusional world came crashing down around him as a tank's shell shook the room and filled it with dust and smoke. The child and mother were gone. Whisked away by the man he wished he was.
Covered in shrapnel, concrete, and rebar, Luke then realized what he'd become. Nothing. Another husk of a man who'd lost everything. He lost his goals, his dignity, his wants, his desires, and even his soul. Wallowing in the demise of his broken body and spirit, Luke heard the crying of the baby drift further and further away from him. Even in the muffled ringing of Luke's tinnitus filled ears, that baby's cry could be heard. Silently he wept. He wept for the beauty he beheld mere moments before, and he wept for his own loss.
Priming his grenade launcher... injecting the magazine into his rifle... Luke knew it would be the last time he ever would get to pull that hammer back. He shifted his body upward upon the cold, concrete wall with the only warmth he felt upon it being the blood which was rapidly coating his back. As the ringing in his ears subsided he heard Fishes approaching him. At the very least, Luke took solace in knowing he wasn't going to die alone.
Luke stuck his rifle out the window and waited for his opportunity to strike. He noticed the distraction piece that was Theo and Kee limping past the British troops like a saintly procession. Seeing the child one last time... Luke's frigid heart began to thaw... but in the next second when seeing the soldiers, the chill in Luke's soul once again froze his humanity. He took his aim at the largest target he could. A tank. In his last defiant act, Luke's unflinching finger triggered all hell to break loose once again as he launched his grenade. The mere seconds he endured after that were filled with the screams of dying civilians and comrades. All these people's lives ended by the blasting roar of a hundred guns.
Beautiful. You wrote Luke to be the RPG Man.👏👏👏
The one time you bring a baby to a gunfight.
Tactical baby armor is invulnerable!
Watching this again in 2022, and it struck me very, very deeply. I felt I needed to see this given the mire of toxic politics, war, ethnic, ideological, and cultural division we find ourselves in. The moment the baby started crying, my temperature changed and I began to sob uncontrollably, just like the child in the movie. The incomparable genius of this movie - and this cinematic moment - helps us to see that all that we fight ourselves for is ultimately meaningless, that all the hatred, weapons, and machines of war are powerless against the innocence of a child - and in this case - the first child born after decades of infertility. I can't help but thinking of a similar situation happening right now in the Ukraine, Yemen, or some other war-torn region in the world. I hope this movie is revived culturally (as it deserves to be) and through it we can remember our common humanity.
No matter how many times I watch this movie, I always cry to this scene.
Makes me cry every time. Beautiful scene.
I can't tell you how many times I've seen this, often introducing the film to someone new. When it gets to this scene, they are utterly blown away.
I’ve watched this time and time again. Such a powerful scene
I can watch this hundreds of times and will always get goosebumps and tear up a bit
THE sequence of one of the best sci-fi movies of the 2000s.
No puedo ver esta escena sin llorar. La humanidad al borde del precipicio y una luz de esperanza.
That they blew the shit out of that building _with their own troops inside_ shows how calloused humanity has become by this point. Even the miracle wasn't enough to save these people, and that's why the human project moved offshore probably. Preserve the best to start over
They blew up the building with their own troops inside because if so much as a bullet hit that baby, humanity would have been done.
"The Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head."
This is such a great example of ‘Visual storytelling’
Almost no words are said and yet you can feel what everyone is experiencing at the moment . Incredible
Cinema at its finest.
This movie gets better each year. Like a fine wine.. A true masterpiece of cinema. If we ever meet a race from a different planet and they want to understand us (and we don't even understand ourselves most of the time), we can show them this.
it's also getting better because we're closer to this ...
albeit without the infertility thing. at least not yet.
@@willcui4887 Theo and Julians son dies in a flu pandemic twenty years before the movie starts. The youngest child was born around the same time. Meaning the infertility thing happened in this event. And there is a silent truth in the movie. The government still got power, the wealthy are more wealthy even though everyhing is falling apart. The rich mans home plays Court of the crimson King, the bloody ruler. The rebels want to keep the mother out of governments hands because they would gain even more control over the population. Which is an insane level of distrust in medical ethics after a pandemic so it is fair to assume the people are blaming those in power for the infertility crisis. If it was the flu or the "reaction" to the flu I don't know but the rich guy hoarding all his stuff as if the world will bounce back is telling something. Reminds me of the villians goals in Utopia Uk. And the governments attempt to grab power during such an effect reminds me of V for vendetta. Anyhow, the hoarding. Is it false hope through medication or is the numbing drugs used to hide the blame and sense of guilt? On the other side of this coin is Jasper who has its own sort of wealth and power. Knowledge. And he shares it with us viewers too. That's why we hear the same story twice. Strawberry cough. In the book its the men who became infertile. Strawberry, Cough. Drained balls, flu. Its actually strawberry flavored when you cough and not just a dark joke name to give to the drugs they use to forget about the strawberry cough. Its got a ton of layers.
Amazing film making. Way ahead of its time.
Greatest scene ever filmed.
There are few scenes in movies where it's acceptable to cry man-tears whilst watching. This is one of them
_oh and the 'Superman' scene from the Iron Giant, that one too_
This part of this movie really got me!!!! That little moment of peace ✌🏻 during all that!!!!!
How can it be peaceful when they try and take away your dignity?
Arthur Rubio Yep.
I reasoned that. Luke went too far, but he had a point
This scene is roughly based on a real event. August 15, 1982 Beirut, Lebanon. Mother Theresa begged for a ceasefire so her sister could liberate about 100 orphans trapped in the seiged city. She was refused. So she and her sisters decided to cross the city on foot anyway. As the time came for them to cross the barriers, a silence fell over the city just long enough to get the children out.
Mother Theresa was no saint. Just saying. Watch Penn and Teller Bullshit - Holier than Thou. Her and the Dalai Lama.
Yeah, that is just anti-Catholic propaganda.
No, it's a fact.
@@Coalemos Still a brave act even if her ideology was fucked up.
@@Coalemos A bad deed doesnt undo a good deed and a good deed doent erase a bad deed
It's Sir John Tavener's song that really sets this scene off. Bravo!
I have never seen this movie in its entirety but someday I will. I strongly feel that this could be one of the greatest movies of all time because of the accurate depiction of modern day civil war in urban area. Look at what’s going on in Ukraine now. Unfortunately we can’t expect cease fire because of one baby, but look at the attire of civilians and mess inside the building because of gun fires and explosives.
More Gaza than Ukraine
4:12 When your squad is trying to be stealthy and the one noob tuber just gives away your position.
thanks alot for your upload
4:09 i love how that moment perfectly shows the difference in weaponary bettwen the army and the fishes, the army is hit by one rocket/granade and their response is to imediatly destroy the side of the building they we're facing, the fishes strongest attack killed a dozen of soldiers (or hit a tank and did nothing) while the army's strongest attack made the building look like this 4:23 in 12 seconds
What? Can you elaborate?
That's generally what happens when you go up against a professional regular military element
One of the best movies ever made!!!!💯💪🏾✊🏾
This has been my favorite movie since forever
Youd think the babies ears would fucking explode from that gunfight at the end
1 of the greatest movies ever.
1:03 You can see where Theo gets shot. It's a brief moment, but good continuity for when we see him later bleeding on the boat
“And a child shall lead them...”
The part that always got me was people willingly risking getting shot just to get a peek at the baby
You have to admit, in the 2.09 scene where that man randomly died out of nowhere, cracks me up every time I see it.
Hope springs eternal.
The film is so beautiful for such a grim setting and enviroment. The moment you see the girl pregnant for the first time I was in tears
"How is she?"
"Annoyed!"
LOL!
Most eerie scene ever cuz it felt real
76 million dollars and a handful of remarkable talents to make me cry
Cuaron man... Cuaron.
Beautiful moment of peace for a few seconds when he walks out in front of those soldiers ❤
With all the underlying symbolism in this film, I just wonder, is the name of the building significant? Pierpoint Tower; Albert Pierrepoint was the last hangman in the UK, being delivered from the gallows and death maybe...
This is one beautiful movie
It’s hard not to tear up when you see this
When Theo get hit 1:02
I know this is 2 year old but no...he got hit earlier when he was being chased by lukes guy with the red hair...you know it happens cause blood splashes the camera ..it's supposed to be theos pov
@@jakewhit9000 No, that was blood splatter from a random poor soul. Theo definitely got hit at 1:02.
shieeee i was wondering why he dying didnt even catch this on the 2nd viewing
The people look at the baby like it was christ reborn😶
This entire movie is a dropkick to the skull. It has no place in any genre or timeline.
But you know you've seen something truly unique and meaningful.
My 1st best day in life is my wedding day, my 2nd best day in my life is my daughter being born. 🥺
The best scene so far
What a great scene in a great movie
3:15 might as well be an oil painting
This scene was pretty amazing
This is a great movie.