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story identification - Movie about gene therapy and genetics-based jobs


I saw a movie several years ago and I have not been able to find it since.


It was about a dystopian society where parents could modify the genes of their children before birth.


Some individuals, including the protagonist, had not had this done, and so had a somewhat inferior genetic makeup.


Jobs are based on the results of genetic tests, and the protagonist, a male, was slated for a less than ideal job. In the movie, he fakes his identity and has major surgery to make him a little taller to match his ID. He is trying to get his dream job (astronaut?).


The only other parts I remember are





  • the protagonist, to keep up the ruse, managing to run on a treadmill faster than his genetic limit




  • a very suspicious character pulling the protagonist's DNA from a hair left in a comb





Answer



This sounds a lot (aka exactly) like Gattaca.




  • Dystopian society - check

  • Male protagonist is not genetically modified - check

  • Jobs based on genetic tests, which the protagonist fakes - check

  • major surgery to be taller - check

  • protagonist trying to be astronaut - check

  • treadmill scene - check

  • DNA from hair left in comb - check


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