Gattaca
Director: Andrew Niccol
Genre: Film noir, Science Fiction, Dystopia, Future noir, Thriller, Romance Film, Drama
Year: 1997
Country: United States of America
Language: Esperanto Language, English Language
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Loren Dean, Xander Berkeley, Gore Vidal, Gabrielle Reece, Alan Arkin, Tony Shalhoub, Vincent Nielson, William Lee Scott, Ernest Borgnine, Chad Christ, Mason Gamble, Jayne Brook, Maya Rudolph, Blair Underwood, Una Damon
Gattaca is a 1997 science fiction film written and directed by Andrew Niccol. It stars Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman and Jude Law with supporting roles played by Loren Dean, Ernest Borgnine, Gore Vidal and Alan Arkin.
The film presents a biopunk vision of a future society driven by liberal eugenics where potential children are selected through preimplantation genetic diagnosis to ensure they possess the best hereditary traits of their parents. A genetic registry database uses biometrics to instantly identify and classify those so created as "valids" while those conceived by traditional means are derisively known as "in-valids". While genetic discrimination is forbidden by law, in practice it is easy to profile a person's genotype resulting in the valids qualifying for professional employment while the in-valids—considered more susceptible to disease, educational dysfunction and shorter lifespans—are relegated to menial jobs.
The movie draws on concerns over reproductive technologies which facilitate eugenics, and the possible consequences of such technological developments for society. It also explores the idea of destiny and the ways in which it can and does govern lives. Characters in
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