Google baby
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Google baby |
| Original title | Google baby |
| Country of production | Israel |
| original language | English , Ivrit , Hindi |
| Publishing year | 2009 |
| length | 76 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Zippi Brand Frank |
| script | Zippi Brand Frank |
| production | Zippi Brand Frank |
| music | Karni Postel |
| camera | Uri Ackerman |
| cut | Valley Raviner |
| occupation | |
Google Baby is an Israeli documentary film of director Zippi Brand Frank from 2009. It deals with surrogacy and egg donation in the context of globalization .
action
The gay Israeli Doron Mamet and his partner bought a baby for $ 140,000 from the US company Egg Donation . Many friends are also interested, but cannot afford the price. Mamet then founds the Tammuz company , which has fertilized egg cells from the United States delivered to Nayna Patel's fertilization clinic in Anand, India .
Indian surrogates are mostly poor and see surrogacy as a way of providing for their families. Often the goal is to buy a house or to have children.
background
One plotline that does not appear in the final film is the story of the baby Manjhi, who was born to a Japanese couple at Nayna Patel's clinic. However, during the pregnancy the couple separated and neither partner wanted to pick up the baby. The Indian authorities wanted to oblige the surrogate mother to adopt the child as her own. On the other hand, the surrogate mother filed a lawsuit with the help of the clinic. Eventually, the father's Japanese mother took the baby.
criticism
Many reviews emphasize the impartial and neutral presentation. Jette Kernion complains that the film would indulge in too many unimportant details and not give interesting facts. The presented conditions are predominantly rated as ambivalent - "innovative or disturbing".
Awards
- Best Israeli Film at docaviv 2009
- Special mention by the jury at the International Women's Film Festival Israel 2009
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zippi Brand Frank on Google Baby ( Memento from June 25, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Thom Powers: Google Baby ( Memento of the original from November 24, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. on the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival website
- ↑ Alissa Simon: Google Baby ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ a b Jette Kernion: SXSW Review: Google Baby
- ↑ http://www.docaviv.co.il/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=69&Itemid=27&lang=en
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated May 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Google Baby in the Internet Movie Database (English)