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…
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 1 hr. 34 min.
- Country, year
- Austria, Germany, 2020
- Genre
- Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Available online
- Language
- German
- Subtitles
- Lithuanian, English
- Age rating
- Pegi 13
Credits
- Director
- Sandra Wollner
- Screenplay
- Roderick Warich, Sandra Wollneri
- Producers
- David Bohun, Lixi Frank, Andi G. Hess, Astrid Schäfer, Viktoria Stolpe, Panama Film / ZDF / Das kleine Fernsehspiel
- Cinematography
- Timm Kröger
- Cast
- Lena Watson, Dominik Warta, Ingrid Burkhard, Jana McKinnon
- More information
- www.imdb.com
Festivals and awards
- Special Jury Prize („Enounters“)
Director
Sandra Wollner
Sandra Wollner's debut feature film, „The Impossible Picture“, won the German Film Critics Association Award in 2019. „The Trouble With Being Born“ is her graduation film from the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg.
