The New Man

The New Man

75 mins | Drama, Comedy, Documentary | Nov. 18, 2016

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.

The New Man

75 mins | Drama, Comedy, Documentary | Nov. 18, 2016

The New Man
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.
Producers Met Film Production, Missing in Action Films, Together Films
Original title The New Man
Directors Devorah Baum, Josh Appignanesi
Writers Devorah Baum, Josh Appignanesi

Cast

Adam Andrusier

as Self

Chloe Aridjis

as Self

Geoffrey Baum

as Self

Josh Baum

as Self

Shirley Baum

as Self

John Berger

as Self

Anna Colton

as Self

Sophie Fiennes

as Self

Antony Gormley

as Self

Mark Greenfield

as Self

Hannah Kuper

as Self

Nick Laird

as Self

Nikita Lalwani

as Self

Darian Leader

as Self

Yoni Magid

as Self

Hisham Matar

as Self

Simon McBurney

as Self

Adam Rosenthal

as Self

Renata Salecl

as Self

David Schneider

as Self

Danny Shine

as Self

Tom Shkolnik

as Self

Zadie Smith

as Self

Slavoj Žižek

as Self

Devorah Baum

as Self