The Trouble with Being Born (2020)
- Directed by
- Sandra Wollner
- Genre
- drama film, science fiction film
- Country
- Germany, Austria
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rated
- R 18+
- Rating
- 5.0 of 10 from 53 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An android designed to look like a missing child lives with a man as a stand-in for his daughter. The film follows their strange and uncomfortable domestic life together.
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What happens
The Trouble with Being Born is a 2020 science fiction drama film directed and co-written by Sandra Wollner. An international co-production of Austria and Germany, the film depicts an android (Lena Watson) living with a man (Dominik Warta) as a replicant in place of his young daughter who had disappeared years prior. On its premier at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the film garnered controversy for its depiction of a relationship between a man and a 10-year-old child, albeit an android, that also resembles his daughter. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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