Extra: Summary - Andrew Niccol: Gattaca
In the "not-too-distant" future, a genetic registry database classifies created people as "valids" while those conceived by traditional means and more susceptible to genetic disorders are known as "in-valids".
Vincent Freeman is conceived without the aid of genetic selection. He dreams of a career in space travel but is always reminded of his genetic inferiority.
Vincent works as an in-valid, cleaning office spaces including that of Gattaca Aerospace Corporation, a spaceflight conglomerate. He gets a chance to pose as a valid by using hair, skin, blood and urine samples from a donor, Jerome Eugene Morrow, a former swimming star who was paralyzed after being hit by a car. With Jerome's genetic makeup, Vincent gains employment at Gattaca, and is assigned to be navigator for an upcoming trip to Saturn's moon Titan. To keep his identity hidden, Vincent must pass daily DNA scanning and urine tests using Jerome's samples, and hide his heart defect.
Gattaca becomes embroiled in controversy when one of its administrators is murdered a week before the flight. The police find a fallen eyelash of Vincent's at the scene. An investigation is launched to find the owner of the eyelash, considering them the top suspect, making his plans to become a navigator very difficult to achieve.
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