- Blueprint (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Blueprint
caption = Theatrical release poster
writer =Charlotte Kerner (novel),Claus Cornelius Fischer
starring =Franka Potente ,Ulrich Thomsen ,Hilmir Snær Guðnason
director =Rolf Schübel
producer =Nikola Bock ,Andrea Terres
distributor =United International Pictures
released =December 8 ,2003
runtime = 108 min.
country =Germany
language = German
budget =
imdb_id = 0321473"Blueprint" is a 2003 German
science fiction film directed byRolf Schübel . It is based on the novel written byCharlotte Kerner . The film raises the ethical issue ofhuman cloning .Plot
Iris Sellin (Potente) is a world famous
pianist and composer who finds out that she is suffering frommultiple sclerosis , a degenerative nerve disorder that will gradually stop her being able to perform. She asks a friend, Dr. Martin Fisher (Thomsen), a revolutionary reproductive researcher to assist her in creating her clone so that she can pass her music onto her daughter. Even though cloning of humans is illegal, Dr. Fisher agrees so that he will forever be known as the first. The procedure is a success and Iris gives birth to Siri (Potente). Siri resembles closely to her mother in both facial features and musical talent.When Siri finds out at the age of thirteen that she is her mother’s clone, her whole world falls apart. The once very close and sweet relationship between mother and daughter turns into an emotional struggle. They fight for the same man, compete with their musical careers, and nearly pay with their lives.
In order to escape the disappointment of her own existence, Siri later moves to
Canada where she starts a lonely life away from civilization in the woods photographingdeer . But fate grants her the possibility of release from her self-imposed isolation when she meets Greg (Guðnason), a charmingarchitect who brings love back into Siri’s life and even paves the way toward reconciliation between mother and daughter.Cast
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Franka Potente – Iris Sellin / adult Siri Sellin
*Ulrich Thomsen – Dr. Martin Fisher
*Hilmir Snær Guðnason – Greg
*Katja Studt – Daniela Hausmann
*Justus von Dohnanyi – Thomas Weberoundtrack
The opening and the
closing credits of the movie feature the song "The Truth Lies" byDana Glover .External links
*imdb title|id=0321473|title=Blueprint
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