O HOMEM BICENTENÁRIO (BICENTENNIAL MAN, USA, 2000) - Based in part on two stories by Isaac Asimov, Bicentennial Man follows the 200-year life of a robot searching for identity, friendship, love and ultimately, humanity. Programmed to be a domestic servant, the robot (named Andrew by his master) learns that he is more than just a machine. Be it faulty programming, loose wiring, or just positronic anomaly, he—unlike his fellow robots—has a unique personality, will and feelings. Over the years, “upgrades” provide him with enhanced facial expression, then a human-like skin, then even a central nervous system. But he’s still a robot. So he sets out on a journey to become recognized as fully human. He’s even willing to pay the ultimate human price—death.
