The Trouble with Being BornThe Trouble with Being Born
(2021)
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The Trouble with Being Born

An android named Elli lives with her father and sets off into the woods following a fading echo.

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Why watch this film?

"The Trouble with Being Born" is a science fiction film that tells the story of Elli, an android who lives with a man she considers her father. Together, they enjoy the summer, swimming and having fun every day. She shares her memories and anything else the man programs her to remember. Memories that mean everything to him, but mean nothing to her. The movie is described as "the story of a machine and the ghosts we carry within us". There are clear inspirations from famous tales and movies such as "Pinocchio" and Steven Spielberg's "A.I.". For those who like both works mentioned and science fiction that ponder the meaning of life, it is a great choice, which renews the theme for its time with a reflective, introspective and also darker and harder narrative.

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Elli is an android and lives with a man she calls her father. Together they drift through the summer, swimming during the day until he takes her to bed at night. She shares his memories and anything else he programs her to recall. Yet, one night she sets off into the woods following a fading echo.

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