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The New Man

Name: The New Man
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Released: 2020-06-29
Duration: 1 hr 15 min
Cast: Adam Andrusier, Lisa Appignanesi, Richard Appignanesi, Chloe Aridjis, Geoffrey Baum

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NR 1 hr 15 minDrama, Comedy, Documentary

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 manchildren and assisted reproduction Faced with fatherhood Josh spirals comically into an envious career funk But lifethreatening complications emerge the couple are tested to the brink confronting shattering losses Its 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 20000 Days and Zadie Smith Universal yet still taboo its a film for everyone who has children wants them or still feels like a child themselves

StarringAdam AndrusierLisa AppignanesiRichard Appignanesi

DirectorsJosh AppignanesiDevorah Baum

WritersJosh AppignanesiDevorah Baum

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