The New Man

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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.

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Cast

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Adam Andrusier actor

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Lisa Appignanesi actor

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Richard Appignanesi actor Chloe Aridjis actor

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Geoffrey Baum actor

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Josh Baum actor

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Shirley Baum actor John Berger actor

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Anna Colton actor Sophie Fiennes actor

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Katrina Forrester actor

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Antony Gormley actor

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Mark Greenfield actor

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Hannah Kuper actor

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Nick Laird actor Nikita Lalwani actor

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Darian Leader actor

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Yoni Magid actor Hisham Matar actor Simon McBurney actor