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Genre : Drama, Science Fiction
Director : Andrew Niccol
Cast :
Ethan Hawke (Vincent Freeman), Jude Law (Jerome Eugene Morrow), Loren Dean (Anton Freeman), Uma Thurman (Irene Cassini)
Category : IIB

Synopsis:
In a story that mirrors today's headlines regarding the experimentation and ethics of cloning and human engineering, Gattaca, set in the not-too-distant future, is the tale of a man who must overcome a world of genetic discrimination to pursue his dream of traveling into space. Vincent Freeman is an outsider, a natural birth, or "in-valid," living in a society where designing perfect offspring in a petri dish is the norm. Not willing to give up his dream, Vincent assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of a mission to space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his flight, a Gattaca mission director is murdered and an "in-valid" is singled out as a suspect. Unjustly accused, Vincent must elude the pursuit of relentless investigators in order to realize his dream.

Acknowledgements : Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Era Films (HK) Ltd

 

Vincent Freeman : He is born of natural birth instead of genetic engineering. Since the world he is living in considers people born naturally to be "invalids", Vincent tries to assume the identity of a genetic elite, Jerome, to fulfill his dream of travelling to space.
Jerome Eugene Morrow : He is a genetic elite but was crippled in an accident. He "lends" his identity to Vincent by preparing samples of his own hair, skin, blood and urine for Vincent to pass gene tests.
Anton Freeman : He is Vincent's brother and was genetically engineered. In a swimming contest with Vincent, when both of them were kids, his brother saved him from drowning.
Irene Cassini : She works at Gattaca but has been passed over in her job because she does not excel in certain areas. She and Vincent are attracted to one another.



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