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

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)

Trailer

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