The New Man (film)

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The New Man
Directed byKlaus Härö
StarringJulia Högberg
Maria Lundqvist
Lo Kauppi
Music byMichael Galasso
Release date
  • 23 February 2007 (2007-02-23)
Running time
104 minutes
CountriesSweden, Finland
LanguageSwedish

The New Man (Swedish: Den nya människan; Finnish: Uusi ihminen) is a 2007 Swedish-Finnish drama film directed by Klaus Härö.

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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.

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