The New Man | |
Director: | Klaus Härö |
Starring: | Julia Högberg Maria Lundqvist Lo Kauppi |
Music: | Michael Galasso |
Country: | Sweden, Finland |
Language: | Swedish |
Runtime: | 104 minutes |
The New Man (Swedish: Den nya människan; Finnish: Uusi ihminen) is a 2007 Swedish-Finnish drama film directed by Klaus Härö.
The film portrays Gertrude, a strong and exuberant 17-year-old and her collision with the Swedish welfare state in the early 1950s. It deals with the compulsory sterilisation in Sweden affecting 63,000 people between 1934 and 1976.