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The Trouble with Being Born
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The Trouble with Being Born

2020-12-03 · 94 min · ★ 4.9

Science Fiction · Drama

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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Directors
Sandra Wollner
Production companies
Panama Film, The Barricades, ZDF, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
Countries
Austria, Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Lena WatsonElli / Emil, Android
Dominik WartaDominik WartaGeorg
Ingrid BurkhardIngrid BurkhardFrau Schikowa
Jana McKinnonJana McKinnonElli
Simon HatzlSimon HatzlToni
Susanne GschwendtnerSusanne GschwendtnerBirgit (uncredited)

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