The New Man
2007· 104 min· Finland
Drama
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.
- Director
- Klaus Härö
- Writer
- Jimmy Karlsson, Kjell Sundstedt
- Released
- 23 Feb 2007
- Country
- Finland, Sweden
- Awards
- 1 win & 7 nominations
