Page One: ‘Children of Men’ (2006)

Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy J. Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, novel by P.D. James

Here is the movie version of the scene:

Detached, unkempt, scruffy beard, glasses, Theo is a veteran of hopelessness. He gave up before the world did.

Now THAT’S an effective character description!

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