The New Man

2007· 104 min★ 6.8· 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.

Cast: Lo Kauppi, Ellen Jelinek, Ann-Sofie Nurmi

Director: Klaus Härö