Lord she is so fine.
And it is within this lived-through extinction that Cuarón introduces himself as a unique Hegelian.
The tone of the film and how his character was portrayed just fit him perfectly as he grows from a character of dreary mood, numb to the world he is living in, to one with new-found hope.
Once or twice, as when Joe places his hands on her shoulders to reassure her, his response to this news looks vaguely troubling.