Blueprint (movie)

Blueprint is a 2003 German film directed by Rolf Schübel . The movie raises the ethical issue of human cloning.

Contents

1 Main cast 2 Plot 3 Soundtrack 4 External links

Main cast

• Franka Potente .... Iris Sellin / adult Siri Sellin
• Ulrich Thomsen .... Dr. Martin Fisher
• Hilmir Snær Guðnason .... Greg
• Katja Studt .... Daniela Hausmann

Plot

Iris Sellin (Potente) is a world famous pianist and composer who finds out that she is suffering from multiple 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 both in the facial feature and the 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 lives a lonely life away from civilization in the woods photographing deer. But fate grants her the possibility of release from her self-imposed isolation when she meets Greg (Guðnason), a charming architect who brings love back into Siri’s life and even paves the way toward reconciliation between mother and daughter.

Soundtrack

The opening and the closing credit of the movie feature the song The Truth Lies by Dana Glover .

External links

• Official site (in German)