Enemy Mine (1985) — A Wolfgang Petersen sci-fi drama (from Barry B. Longyear’s Hugo-winning novella). In a future war, human pilot Willis “Will” Davidge (Dennis Quaid) and Drac pilot Jeriba “Jerry” Shigan (Louis Gossett Jr.) crash-land on the hostile world Fyrine IV. Forced to cooperate to survive, the sworn enemies learn each other’s language and culture and become friends. When Jerry (a hermaphroditic Drac) dies in childbirth, Davidge raises their child Zammis, later rescues him from human scavenger slavers, and returns Zammis to the Drac homeworld—reciting the Jariba lineage before the council to secure the child’s place among his people .
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