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The Trouble with Being Born

Elli is an android programmed with memories that mean everything to her owner but nothing to her. The story of a machine and the ghosts we all carry within us.

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Sandra Wollner

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drama, mystery, sci-fi

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Awards

20 wins & 13 nominations

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The crickets are so loud
that I woke up. - The Trouble with Being Born

The crickets are so loud that I woke up.

I can smell the wet earth.
And the forest. - The Trouble with Being Born

I can smell the wet earth. And the forest.

All the leaves have fallen - The Trouble with Being Born

All the leaves have fallen

But summer has just begun. - The Trouble with Being Born

But summer has just begun.

And you are there,
waiting for me. - The Trouble with Being Born

And you are there, waiting for me.

I caught a grasshopper.
Or maybe a bug. - The Trouble with Being Born

I caught a grasshopper. Or maybe a bug.

What is it?
- A grasshopper. - The Trouble with Being Born

What is it? - A grasshopper.

Look at that. Such a big one. - The Trouble with Being Born

Look at that. Such a big one.

It jumped up and down in my hand. - The Trouble with Being Born

It jumped up and down in my hand.

We were outside all day
and up all night. - The Trouble with Being Born

We were outside all day and up all night.

Mum would never have allowed it. - The Trouble with Being Born

Mum would never have allowed it.

I swam until my skin turned wrinkly
and my lips turned blue. - The Trouble with Being Born

I swam until my skin turned wrinkly and my lips turned blue.

I swam until my skin turned wrinkly. - The Trouble with Being Born

I swam until my skin turned wrinkly.

You gotta be more careful. - The Trouble with Being Born

You gotta be more careful.

Come on, let's tuck you in. - The Trouble with Being Born

Come on, let's tuck you in.

See? That's better. - The Trouble with Being Born

See? That's better.

You smell like cigarettes
and sunscreen. - The Trouble with Being Born

You smell like cigarettes and sunscreen.

The way you like it. - The Trouble with Being Born

The way you like it.

On the beach. In the dunes. - The Trouble with Being Born

On the beach. In the dunes.

We swam for so long.
The water was so cold. - The Trouble with Being Born

We swam for so long. The water was so cold.

We got out and lay down
under this huge towel. - The Trouble with Being Born

We got out and lay down under this huge towel.

That smelled like cigarettes
and sunscreen, too. - The Trouble with Being Born

That smelled like cigarettes and sunscreen, too.

See. I do know what you like. - The Trouble with Being Born

See. I do know what you like.

So I could stay with Papa forever. - The Trouble with Being Born

So I could stay with Papa forever.

Otherwise he'd be very sad.
Me, too. - The Trouble with Being Born

Otherwise he'd be very sad. Me, too.

When we were in Belgrade.
In our little room. - The Trouble with Being Born

When we were in Belgrade. In our little room.

Ten years ago. In the summer.
Where were we? - The Trouble with Being Born

Ten years ago. In the summer. Where were we?

Every night we listened to it.
You wouldn't go to sleep without it. - The Trouble with Being Born

Every night we listened to it. You wouldn't go to sleep...

Or did you just freeze? - The Trouble with Being Born

Or did you just freeze?

Every night we listened to that song.
I wouldn't go to sleep without it. - The Trouble with Being Born

Every night we listened to that song. I wouldn't go to ...

I lay down next to you.
To sing it to you. - The Trouble with Being Born

I lay down next to you. To sing it to you.

And you held my hand
until I fell asleep. - The Trouble with Being Born

And you held my hand until I fell asleep.

It was just the two of us.
All by ourselves. - The Trouble with Being Born

It was just the two of us. All by ourselves.

I was waiting here for you all day. - The Trouble with Being Born

I was waiting here for you all day.

I miss you all the time. - The Trouble with Being Born

I miss you all the time.

I packed my things and left. - The Trouble with Being Born

I packed my things and left.

I just left in the middle of the night. - The Trouble with Being Born

I just left in the middle of the night.

To go to Belgrade.
I thought that's where you are. - The Trouble with Being Born

To go to Belgrade. I thought that's where you are.

But I didn't even know where Belgrade was. - The Trouble with Being Born

But I didn't even know where Belgrade was.

Thought it might be
near the highway. - The Trouble with Being Born

Thought it might be near the highway.

I'm sure they were looking for me,
but I hid from them really well. - The Trouble with Being Born

I'm sure they were looking for me, but I hid from them ...

I was soaking wet from the rain. - The Trouble with Being Born

I was soaking wet from the rain.

And I was so tired and so hungry
but I just kept on going. - The Trouble with Being Born

And I was so tired and so hungry but I just kept on going.

That was so long ago. - The Trouble with Being Born

That was so long ago.

Don't worry. It didn't hurt. - The Trouble with Being Born

Don't worry. It didn't hurt.

I just really wanted to see you. - The Trouble with Being Born

I just really wanted to see you.

I've been gone for ten years. - The Trouble with Being Born

I've been gone for ten years.

I don't know what they were celebrating,
someone's birthday probably. - The Trouble with Being Born

I don't know what they were celebrating, someone's...

See, that's my Papa. - The Trouble with Being Born

See, that's my Papa.

She had her hair dyed black. - The Trouble with Being Born

She had her hair dyed black.

And this is Emil. - The Trouble with Being Born

And this is Emil.

My little brother.
He died long ago. - The Trouble with Being Born

My little brother. He died long ago.

And this is Auntie Emma.
I didn't know her though. - The Trouble with Being Born

And this is Auntie Emma. I didn't know her though.

They said she was a great cook,
that she made the best pastries. - The Trouble with Being Born

They said she was a great cook, that she made the best pastr...

But I never ate them.
I was never there. - The Trouble with Being Born

But I never ate them. I was never there.

And why did Mama
dye her hair black? - The Trouble with Being Born

And why did Mama dye her hair black?

My God, stop asking! - The Trouble with Being Born

My God, stop asking!

I don't want her here. - The Trouble with Being Born

I don't want her here.

I just don't want her
here with me. - The Trouble with Being Born

I just don't want her here with me.

Toni, I didn't ask you to bring her. - The Trouble with Being Born

Toni, I didn't ask you to bring her.

Of course not.
But you can see the resemblance. - The Trouble with Being Born

Of course not. But you can see the resemblance.

Miss Reisinger over there, she heard it first.
- Who? - The Trouble with Being Born

Miss Reisinger over there, she heard it first. - Who?

Up there, the left balcony.
She lived on the third floor. - The Trouble with Being Born

Up there, the left balcony. She lived on the third floor.

She always was the first to know. - The Trouble with Being Born

She always was the first to know.

Me and Emil were fighting all the time. - The Trouble with Being Born

Me and Emil were fighting all the time.

But that day, it got so bad
he just ran away. - The Trouble with Being Born

But that day, it got so bad he just ran away.

They had to stitch me.
You can barely see it now. - The Trouble with Being Born

They had to stitch me. You can barely see it now.

I don't remember.
I pushed him and he pushed me. - The Trouble with Being Born

I don't remember. I pushed him and he pushed me.

She was just 14 months older,
but she always had to look after me. - The Trouble with Being Born

She was just 14 months older, but she always had to look aft...

Mama was heartbroken
after I was gone. - The Trouble with Being Born

Mama was heartbroken after I was gone.

That's the last photo
Papa took of me. - The Trouble with Being Born

That's the last photo Papa took of me.

I didn't want to.
But he wouldn't leave me alone. - The Trouble with Being Born

I didn't want to. But he wouldn't leave me alone.

First he wanted Anna's photo,
but she always ran away. - The Trouble with Being Born

First he wanted Anna's photo, but she always ran away.

The girl Elisabeth K., who vanished ten years ago,
was reportedly seen near a highway in Vienna. - The Trouble with Being Born

The girl Elisabeth K., who vanished ten years ago, was repor...

The police have re-opened the case
and are now investigating in the area. - The Trouble with Being Born

The police have re-opened the case and are now investigating...

Ten years ago, the girl had left her mother's
apartment and was last seen at this lake. - The Trouble with Being Born

Ten years ago, the girl had left her mother's apartment...

Age progression software helps predict
what the girl could look like today. - The Trouble with Being Born

Age progression software helps predict what the girl could l...

The police are asking any
eyewitnesses to call.... - The Trouble with Being Born

The police are asking any eyewitnesses to call....

We swam for so long.
The water was cold. - The Trouble with Being Born

We swam for so long. The water was cold.

Are you crazy?
Get lost! - The Trouble with Being Born

Are you crazy? Get lost!

I can't really remember why we fought.
But she started it. - The Trouble with Being Born

I can't really remember why we fought. But she started ...

She pushed me first. - The Trouble with Being Born

She pushed me first.

And we can swim in the pool all day. - The Trouble with Being Born

And we can swim in the pool all day.

Maybe I didn't notice. - The Trouble with Being Born

Maybe I didn't notice.

Anna said later
that she had heard the train. - The Trouble with Being Born

Anna said later that she had heard the train.

That was sixty years ago. - The Trouble with Being Born

That was sixty years ago.

I've been dead for sixty years. - The Trouble with Being Born

I've been dead for sixty years.

Anna thinks of that every day. - The Trouble with Being Born

Anna thinks of that every day.

It was just a laceration anyway. - The Trouble with Being Born

It was just a laceration anyway.

They had to stitch her. - The Trouble with Being Born

They had to stitch her.

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Elli is an android programmed with memories that mean everything to her owner but nothing to her. The story of a machine and the ghosts we all carry within us.

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Director: Sandra Wollner

Writer: Roderick Warich, Sandra Wollner

Production: N/A

Genre: drama, mystery, sci-fi

Year: 2020

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 5.5

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 01 Jul 2021

Awards: 20 wins & 13 nominations

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