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The Trouble with Being Born

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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 Hall Sydney Morning Herald 12/02/2020
3.5/5
A strange, haunting parable about innocence exploited. Go to Full Review Jonathan Romney Screen International 03/18/2020
There's more at issue here than mere provocation, with Wollner's complex, artfully crafted, sometimes wilfully perplexing film delving boldly into questions of memory, gender, identity and indeed film language. Go to Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety 03/02/2020
[A] desperately creepy, queasy, thought-provoking film... Go to Full Review Carmen Paddock One Room With A View 11/28/2021
3/5
The Trouble With Being Born raises questions it possibly cannot answer. Its audacious premise, clearly handled with thought and care, raises cycles of ruin that continue beyond the film's 90 minutes. Go to Full Review Ayeen Forootan In Review Online 06/05/2021
[The film] is remarkable not just for its futuristic space and atmosphere, but also for how it depicts the relationship of the central house and the surrounding mystic forest. Go to Full Review Yago Paris El antepenúltimo mohicano 03/04/2021
2/5
An unbalanced, contradictory work... with an evasive and elliptical script. [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Emma T @RT36233801 06/22/2024 A beautiful and tragic film that questions human morals See more cees t @RT12441731 10/23/2022 Some lonely old people neglecting a sentient android. Typical depressing arthouse movie. 4/10 - Very bad. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Sandra Wollner

Director

Lena Watson

Elli

Dominik Warta

Georg

Ingrid Burkhard

Ms. Schikowa

Jana McKinnon

Elli

Sandra Wollner

Writer

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Synopsis 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.
Director
Sandra Wollner
Producer
Lixi Frank, David Bohun, Andi G. Hess, Astrid Schäfer, Viktoria Stolpe, Timm Kröger
Screenwriter
Sandra Wollner, Roderick Warich, Sandra Wollner, Roderick Warich
Production Co
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Panama, Das Kleine Fernsehspiel
Genre
Drama, Sci-Fi
Original Language
German
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 24, 2021
Runtime
1h 34m