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Excellente comédie sur un horrible sujet

posted 13 years ago by tallard
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Interestingly, the credits listed all characters and events being fictional and any resemblance being coincidental... but in fact, the documentary Bio-Dad http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1769282/ goes over a very similar story which is very very real. In that documentary a man is in search for his biological dad and finds out about all his half-brothers and half-sisters, many many.

Donating sperm and eggs is something that should not occur. Imagine all these young people unknowingly meeting each other, falling in love, procreating with each other.

There are nearly 8 billion people on the planet, we REALLY don't need to be making more like this. There are plenty of potential adoptees and foster children desperately needing homes.

This is an example of a film with excellent production values, great acting, soundtrack, story, editing, it's all there. I just really despise the topic and knew half way through no ending could make me happy.

Interesting video on the topic of test tube procreation: Fertco http://www.archive.org/details.php?identifier=NinaVision

***So I've seen 4 movies/wk in theatre for a 1/4 century, call me crazy?**

[–] nedhorn 12 years ago

You would feel differently if you were part of a childless couple.

In the US sperm donors are assigned a unique ID. Their children are all informed of it and are told the ID so no, not accidental marriages can take place. There are message boards where kids of the same donor can seek each other out. Children of prolific donors report a real sense of extended family that most of us lack and have a positive view of their situation.

Also, unlike in the movie, donors are tightly vetted. Prospective couples are given general information about the donor and often are given a list to pick from.

There are people who make donations not for money, but as a service to others. Marvin Minsky, the great computer scientist, happily admits to having made hundreds of donations.