The Trouble with Being Born (film)

The Trouble with Being Born
Promotional release poster
Directed bySandra Wollner
Written byRoderick Warich
Sandra Wollner
Produced byLixi Frank
David Bohun
Andi G. Hess
Astrid Schäfer
Viktoria Stolpe
Timm Kröger
StarringDominik Warta
Lena Watson
CinematographyTimm Kröger
Edited byHannes Bruun
Music byPeter Kutin
David Schweighart
Production
company
Panama Film
Distributed byEksystent Distribution
Release dates
  • 25 February 2020 (2020-02-25) (Berlinale)
  • 1 July 2021 (2021-07-01) (Germany)
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesAustria
Germany
LanguageGerman

The Trouble with Being Born is a 2020 science fiction drama film directed and co-written by Sandra Wollner. An international co-production of Austria and Germany, the film depicts an android (Lena Watson) living with a man (Dominik Warta) as a replicant in place of his young daughter who had disappeared years prior.

On its premier at the 70th Berlin International Film Festival, the film garnered controversy for its depiction of a relationship between a man and a 10-year-old child, albeit an android, that also resembles his daughter.