2023 Sarasota Film Festival
The Pod Generation
2023• 1 hr 49 min• English
About this film
A New York couple, Rachel (Emilia Clarke) and Alvy (Chiwetel Ejiofor) live in a not-so-distant future where technology provides ever-more convenient living. A rising tech company executive, Rachel lands a coveted spot at the Womb Center, which offers couples a convenient (and shareable) maternity by way of detachable artificial wombs, or pods. But Alvy, a botanist with an affection for nature, prefers a natural pregnancy. And yet, as Rachel’s AI therapist puts it, why is that “natural”? So begins the tech-paved path to parenthood.
Credits
- Director
- Sophie Barthes
- Producer
- Yann Zenou, Geneviève Lemal
- Executive Producer
- Sophie Barthes, Emilia Clarke, Paul Nelson
- Screenwriter
- Sophie Barthes
- Cinematographer
- Andrij Parekh
- Editor
- Olivier Bugge Coutté
- Cast
- Emilia Clarke, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Rosalie Craig
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