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The Trouble with Being Born (2020)

5.2/10 1h 34m Dec 03, 2020
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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Movie Details

Original Title The Trouble with Being Born
Original Language DE
Status Released
Popularity 0.4

Cast

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Lena Watson
Elli / Emil, Android
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Dominik Warta
Dominik Warta
Georg
Popularity: 0.2
Ingrid Burkhard
Ingrid Burkhard
Frau Schikowa
Popularity: 0.2
Jana McKinnon
Jana McKinnon
Elli
Popularity: 0.3
Simon Hatzl
Simon Hatzl
Toni
Popularity: 0.3
Susanne Gschwendtner
Susanne Gschwendtner
Birgit (uncredited)
Popularity: 0.1

Key Crew

Director Sandra Wollner
Writer Sandra Wollner, Roderick Warich
Producer David Bohun, Lixi Frank
Editor Hannes Bruun

Production

Panama Film
AT
The Barricades
DE
ZDF
DE
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
DE

Videos & Trailers

The Trouble With Being Born Q&A with Sandra Wollner
The Trouble With Being Born Q&A with Sandra Wollner
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The Trouble With Being Born Official Trailer
The Trouble With Being Born Official Trailer
Trailer
Trouble With Being Born | Trailer | Berlinale 2020
Trouble With Being Born | Trailer | Berlinale 2020
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Keywords

android dystopia forest swimming pool vienna, austria nonlinear timeline woman director traumatic accident father daughter relationship human android relationship

Reviews from TMDB

SWITCH. 8/10
Nov 26, 2020

Deeply unsettling and thematically rich, Sandra Wollner's film is, most of all, thought-provoking. If you can push past the controversy, 'The Trouble with Being Born' will haunt you. - Jake Watt Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-trouble-with-being-b ... Read more

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Details
Release Date December 3, 2020
Runtime 1h 34m
Language DE
Status Released
Popularity 0.4
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