Motherboard
Nadi is an android with citizenship, who earns the right to adopt two children. However, a sensationalist politician, brings up several controversies about the case, in order to gain popularity for his candidacy for Senate president.
Summary
Motherboard (2024) is a science-fiction drama about Nadi, an android who has attained legal citizenship and hopes to build a family by adopting two children. Although Nadi has fulfilled the requirements to become a parent, the case quickly turns into a public controversy. A sensationalist politician seizes on the adoption to advance his campaign for president of the Senate, framing Nadi’s identity and qualifications as political talking points rather than treating the children’s welfare as the central concern. As Nadi tries to navigate the adoption process and the scrutiny surrounding it, the film examines the uneasy boundary between human and machine, and asks whether legal recognition is enough to guarantee genuine acceptance. The children’s place in the dispute gives the story an emotional core, while the politician’s opportunism exposes how fear and prejudice can be amplified for personal gain. Through its family-centered premise, Motherboard explores parenthood, citizenship, discrimination, and the ways institutions and public opinion define who is considered fully entitled to belong. It presents Nadi’s struggle not simply as a futuristic legal battle, but as a broader reflection on dignity, chosen family, and the danger of turning vulnerable lives into political spectacle.
