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.

Country:

United Kingdom

Genre:

Drama,

Documentary,

Comedy

Duration:

75 minutes

Year:

2016

Director:

Josh Appignanesi

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Company:

Met Film Production,

Missing in Action Films,

Together Films

Cast:
Adam Andrusier

Self

Lisa Appignanesi

Self

Richard Appignanesi

Self

Chloe Aridjis

Self

Geoffrey Baum

Self

Crew:
Josh Appignanesi

Director

Devorah Baum

Director

Devorah Baum

Writer

Josh Appignanesi

Writer

Josh Appignanesi

Producer