There is no gene for the human spirit.
Vincent is an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system obsessed with genetic perfection. He is an "In-Valid" who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation.
Science FictionDramageneticscheatingparaplegicsuicide attemptdystopiadnanew identityinvestigationheart diseasespacemanfraudspace travel
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Character
Earnest, grave, meticulous and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
Who loves it, who doesn't
86 profiled raters. Loved most by The Provocateurs; disliked most by The Sinceres.
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Cast
- Ethan HawkeVincent Freeman
- Uma ThurmanIrene Cassini
- Jude LawJerome Eugene Morrow
- Alan ArkinDetective Hugo
- Loren DeanAdult Anton Freeman
- Gore VidalDirector Josef
- Tony Shalhoub"German"
- Ernest BorgnineCaesar
- Blair UnderwoodGeneticist
- Xander BerkeleyDr. Lamar
Crew
- Andrew NiccolDirector
- Andrew NiccolWriter
- Sławomir IdziakDirector of Photography
- Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Lisa Zeno ChurginEditor
- Danny DeVitoProducer
- Michael ShambergProducer
- Stacey SherProducer
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Pairings
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