A thriller by Andrew Niccol. Screening Wednesday, April 1.
The film takes place in the near future. Science has conquered the secrets of genetics. It is now possible, from the moment of conception of a child, to protect this child from all illnesses and to orient that which he/she will become. Gattaca is a study and research center for the best of these children with perfect genetic status, those who incarnate the promise of a long and successful life. At Gattaca, they create and are formed to participate in ambitious space programs. Vincent (Ethan Hawke) is a natural child whose heart is fragile and who does not know of what he will die. Yet he has a dream: to explore the borders in space…
Jerome Eugene Morrow (Jude Law) was an ideal candidate for Gattaca until an accident destroyed all hopes for the future. Both Vincent and Jerome are going to help the other to achieve his dreams…
In the very strict surveillance universe of Gattaca, Vincent becomes Jerome. Each day he must confront and dupe the control systems that monitor genetic identification.
"Gattaca is a thriller that describes a universe into which we might be brought to live in, under submission to the powers of science that we are presently discovering," explains Stacey Sher, one of the producers. "Andrew Niccol has created a complex future world that is fundamentally plausible in light of the genetic discoveries that have become concrete today.
Gattaca (USA - 1997) will come out in France on April 29, 1998.
Director & Screenplay: Andrew Niccol
Producer: Danny Devito, Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher
Music: Michael Nyman
Photo: Slawomir Idziak
Editing: Lisa Zeno Churgin
Sound: Stephan Von Hase-Mihalik
Costumes: Colleen Atwood
Decors: Jan Roelfs
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Gore Vidal, Ernest Borgnine, Jude Law,
Alan Arkin, Loren Dean.
Distribution: Columbia TriStar Films
Running time: 106 minutes
