Deeply unsettling and thematically rich, Sandra Wollner's film is, most of all, thought-provo...
The Trouble with Being Born
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
- Overview
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Status
Released
Release Date
Dec 3, 2020
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Science Fiction, Drama
User Score
53%
Original Title
The Trouble with Being Born
Production Companies
Panama Film, The Barricades, ZDF, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Director
Sandra Wollner
Description
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.