Film

The New Man

2016 · 1h 15m · Drama · Documentary · Comedy

IMDb

6.1

Rotten Tomatoes

100%

A creative documentary about becoming a parent... and how to reconceive yourself. Fiction director Josh Appignanesi turns the camera on himself and his wife as they undergo the ordeal of becoming parents in the era of man-children and assisted reproduction. Faced with fatherhood, Josh spirals comically into an envious career funk. But life-threatening complications emerge- the couple are tested to the brink, confronting shattering losses. It's a portrait of our generation going through a revolution in reproduction- forced to find new ways to think about ourselves as creative beings. We hear from Slavoj Žižek, John Berger, Darian Leader (20,000 Days) and Zadie Smith. Universal yet still taboo, it's a film for everyone who has children, wants them, or still feels like a child themselves.

Adam Andrusier

Self

Lisa Appignanesi

Self

Richard Appignanesi

Self

Chloe Aridjis

Self

Geoffrey Baum

Self

Josh Baum

Self

Shirley Baum

Self

John Berger

Self

Anna Colton

Self

Sophie Fiennes

Self

Katrina Forrester

Self

Antony Gormley

Self

Mark Greenfield

Self

Hannah Kuper

Self

Nick Laird

Self

Nikita Lalwani

Self

• Josh AppignanesiDirector · Writer · Producer · Editor · Director of Photography
• Devorah BaumDirector · Writer · Producer · Editor
• David BaddielExecutive Producer
• Cavan AshExecutive Producer
• Charlie PhillipsExecutive Producer

THE NEW MAN trailer

Release date

November 18, 2016

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

15

Genres

Drama, Documentary, Comedy

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