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The Trouble with Being Born (2021)

2021-02-26 · 1h 34m · DE
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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.

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Sandra WollnerDirector, WriterRoderick WarichWriter

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Lena WatsonLena WatsonElli / Emil, AndroidDominik WartaDominik WartaGeorgIngrid BurkhardIngrid BurkhardFrau SchikowaJana McKinnonJana McKinnonElliSimon HatzlSimon HatzlToniSusanne GschwendtnerSusanne GschwendtnerBirgit (uncredited)

Keywords

DystopiaWoman directorFather daughter relationshipForestAndroidSwimming poolNonlinear timelineVienna, austriaHuman android relationshipTraumatic accident

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Genre affinityDrama · Science FictionTheme affinityDystopia · Woman Director · Father Daughter RelationshipNarrative complexityNonlinear TimelineDialogue densityDramaDirector preference887477Actor preference357422 · 248115 · 888051

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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.

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The Trouble with Being Born has a runtime of 94 minutes.

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