The Trouble with Being Born (2020)
1h 34m | PG-13
Elli is an android and lives with a man she calls her father. Together they drift through the summer. During the day they swim in the pool and at night he takes her to bed. She shares his memories and anything else he programs her to recall. Memories that mean everything to him but nothing to her. Yet, one night she sets off into the woods following a fading echo… The story of a machine and the ghosts we all carry within us.
Director: Sandra Wollner
Studio: Panama Film
Genre: Science Fiction, Drama
Video: 720p
Cast
Lena Watson
as Elli / Emil, Android
Dominik Warta
as Georg
Ingrid Burkhard
as Frau Schikowa
Jana McKinnon
as Elli
Simon Hatzl
as Toni
Susanne Gschwendtner
as Birgit (uncredited)
Reviews
Deeply unsettling and thematically rich, Sandra Wollner's film is, most of all, thought-provoking. If you can push past the controversy, 'The Trouble with Being Born' will haunt you. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-trouble-with-being-born-controversial-unsettling-and-intelligent-science-fiction