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Summary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Critics like it more than audiences (+42)
Critics 100Audiences 58GoodWatch 79
Tomatometer100%
IMDb5.8
Running time
1 h 15 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 dramas, −34 min on the typical 109
typical 10975Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 5 countries
Released
2016
November 18, 2016
10 years ago
Genres
DramaDocumentaryComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United Kingdom
and 6 more30 people
- AAAdam AndrusierSelf
- LALisa AppignanesiSelf
- RARichard AppignanesiSelf
- CAChloe AridjisSelf
- GBGeoffrey BaumSelf
- JBJosh BaumSelf
- SBShirley BaumSelf
- John BergerSelf
- ACAnna ColtonSelf
- Sophie FiennesSelf
- KFKatrina ForresterSelf
- Antony GormleySelf
- MGMark GreenfieldSelf
- HKHannah KuperSelf
- NLNick LairdSelf
- NLNikita LalwaniSelf
- DLDarian LeaderSelf
- YMYoni MagidSelf
- HMHisham MatarSelf
- Simon McBurneySelf
- ARAdam RosenthalSelf
- Renata SaleclSelf
- David SchneiderSelf
- PSPoppy Sebag-MontefioreSelf
Directing · 2
- Devorah Baum Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- Josh Appignanesi Director, Writer, Producer, Director of Photography, Editor
Production · 6
- David Baddiel Executive Producer
- Charlie Phillips Executive Producer
- Cavan Ash Executive Producer
- Rivkah Brown Publicist
- Sarah Mosses Associate Producer
- Mia Bays Associate Producer
Camera · 4
- Jonathan De Villiers Camera Operator
- Ben Turner Camera Operator
- Michael Sugarman Camera Operator
- Halldora Magnusdottir Camera Operator
Editing · 1
- Mat Troughton Color Timer
Sound · 1
- Vincent Watts Supervising Sound Editor
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