The Trouble with Being Born

The Trouble with Being Born (2020) is a science fiction, drama film directed by Sandra Wollner rated 5.0/10.

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.

Cast

Lena Watson

Elli / Emil, Android

Dominik Warta

Georg

Ingrid Burkhard

Frau Schikowa

Jana McKinnon

Elli

Simon Hatzl

Toni

Susanne Gschwendtner

Birgit (uncredited)