GOLDENGIRL

Scientist and neo-Nazi doctor William Serafin has developed a way to create a physically superior human being. He tests it out on his adopted daughter, Goldine. From childhood, Serafin has injected Goldine with vitamins and hormones. Now that she is grown, it is time to give her a test run. Serafin declares that his "Goldengirl" will enter and win three races at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

To subsidize his work, Serafin sells shares in Goldine's future to a syndicate of businessmen, who send merchandising expert Dryden to look out for their interests. Goldine's personal and emotional development, meanwhile, is left in the hands of a psychologist, Dr. Sammy Lee. Goldine competes in Moscow, with unexpected results.

Goldine competes in the Moscow Olympics, where the results of her father's experiment and the pressures surrounding her lead to unexpected outcomes.

The film’s ending underscores the unpredictability of trying to engineer human achievement, no matter how meticulous the planning or scientific intervention. Goldine’s participation in the Olympics becomes a crucible revealing the limits of control—whether exerted by her father, business interests, or science itself. Ultimately, it highlights the complexity of identity and the consequences of treating a person as a project rather than an individual.