The Trouble with Being Born

1h 34m 5.1/10

Overview

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

Top Billed Cast

Susanne Gschwendtner

Birgit (uncredited)

Jana McKinnon

Elli

Ingrid Burkhard

Frau Schikowa

Dominik Warta

Georg

Simon Hatzl

Toni

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Lena Watson

Elli / Emil, Android

Reviews

SWITCH.

11/26/2020

8/10

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-born-controversial-unsettling-and-intelligent-science-fiction