Hot Knife Cold Butter (2019)

The film opens with a lab sequence that vaguely implies the manipulation of DNA and lab cultures as we hear a conversation between a man and a woman. Conversation then appears to be coming from a romantic dinner scene in a restaurant. This is followed by a series of unsuccessful romantic dates. A central character, Victor, displays increasingly bizarre behavior in a sequence of fast-cut scenes that take place in the same restaurant. This exaggerated behavior becomes a dish best served cold when we realize that what we have just witnessed is actually close-circuit footage being analyzed by government officials of Human Genetic Harmony (HGH). We are then introduced to a corporate world of genetic 'harmonization' and institutional social engineering through lab sequences and a propaganda ad designed by the government system. Undercover "debugging-agent" Alice, is posing as waitress in a restaurant where coded love matches often go for romantic dinners or proposals. Her role is to serve as an anti-virus software to prevent natural evolution and deviance to the system. She exposes Victor as a threat to the system for displaying signs of attraction and intimacy towards her, despite her lacking a genetic love code that matches Victor's. Victor then discovers a mysterious hidden lab that exposes a greater secret behind the systematic elimination of natural love and free choice.