When I saw Stepford Wives, I thought "No man would murder his wife and replace her with a robot!" It made no sense. If the world did that, the human species would die out in a generation. I also saw a film called The Last Man on Planet Earth. A society where men are "extinct", and the culture it produces. So then I came up with this idea:
A thousand years or so into the future, human society took a very different turn. Women's rights are non-existent. Women are property; like houses. At birth, females are relieved of their arms and legs (they don't need them) and lobotomized, leaving no higher brain functions. They're given serial numbers instead of names. They're all lined up and hooked up to machines to keep them alive. Once they hit menopause, they're discarded with the trash. Men live in peace and comfort. They are divided into two classes: Renters and Owners. Owners sometimes lease their "gyns" to Renters who can't afford their own. Zax (Zac Efron) is leasing his first gyn; it's a rite of passage. He rents from Magistrate Kreetoph (Christopher Plummer) an old and powerful Owner with 20+ gyns. A firm believer in the "way of life" and the film's antagonist. Zax loses his virginity to Gyn #8479-21. As he does, he looks into her vacant eyes and falls in love with her. He calls her Nora (gyns are forbidden to be given names). Zax convinces himself there is a human being deep inside and decides to steal her. Kreetoph is furious to find his property missing. Zax is instantly a fugitive in his own nation. Possible twist: there is a resistance unknown to the public; freedom fighters. Some gyns are born and never processed. Some somehow get their limbs and minds back. Will "Nora" ever be whole again?
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