The Trouble with Being Born

Year 2020
Runtime 1h 34min
Rating NC16 (Some Mature Content and Nudity)
Language German
Subtitles English
Director Sandra Wollner
Producer Lixi Frank, David Bohun, Andi G. Hess, Astrid Schäfer, Viktoria Stolpe, Timm Kröger
Screenwriter Roderick Warich, Sandra Wollner
Cinematographer Timm Kröger
Cast Lena Watson, Dominik Warta, Ingrid Burkhard

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.

AWARDS
German Film Critics Award 2022
- Best Feature Film
- Best Cinematography

Austrian Film Award 2021
- Best Feature Film
- Best Director
- Best Sound Design
- Best Hair & Make-up

Berlin International Film Festival 2020
- Special Jury Award (Encounters)

Vienna International Film Festival 2020
- Special Jury Prize