Althought there are strong social elements to it: a group of humans bred to serve as donors for others (yes, this part is reminiscent of The Island), human machines whose desires, emotions, ambitions... are of no value to anyone... living beings deprived of any sense of humanity for the rest of the outer world, but portrayed as utterly human for us... it's partially outshined by the emotional side (at least in my experience, even when I'm a rather social aware person).
This emotional, spiritual component, the sense of our existence, our free will, our condition of transitory beings condemned to a short stroll through the long path of our planet (30 years for these poor souls, 70 for the average human... in both cases you get a similar taste of brevity...) absolutely dominates the final impression that it has left on me.
If like me you love Gattaca, not for the SciFic thing, but for the shocking beauty of the story conveyed through the film, a story of self-improvement, of trascending our human limits.... you'll also love this film, not that the story or the final output are similar... but the general feeling throughout the whole film makes me establish a connection.
One of the last shots of the film, when the main female character looks into the eyes of the male character, that lies on the operating table awaiting his imminent death, and they are brought back to the first time when their eyes met, in a not so distant, happy and innocent time... is really overwhelming.
This film has had such a strong effect on me, similar the one that Polytecnique had, in part due to making me aware again of the incredible capacity that some humans have to turn a terrible tragedy into an incredible work of art and beauty.
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