In a future where winners are conceived using genetic engineering, a born loser buys the identity of a winner on the black market so he can fulfill his lifelong dream of space travel.

It's a logline for a script that was made into a movie.

Probably worth writing. Seems rather a low aspiration though - if you're a winner now you would want a better mate, riches, power, and space travel. Otherwise, just make a boat load of money and you can go nowadays.

So, if he doesn't make it into space, nothing much changes right?

Mmm... I seem to remember that the film wasn't particularly good - it wasn't bad, just a bit forgettable. Maybe it's the low stakes.

I was able to guess this one. I forgot the space travel plot though. There was enough in the logline to make it easily identifiable. You make it seem effortless. Lots of practice I guess.

Nir Shelter;

Good question.? There's a ticking clock.? He has genetic defects (because his parents couldn't afford a genetically engineered fix);, he's been given a prognosis of only 30 years to live. He has to act NOW, do whatever it takes.

It's been so long since I saw this, I can't remember exactly what happened. What was the one event that made him have to travel into space at that point in time?

If it's a life long dream, why now does he have to achieve it?