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2023 Sarasota Film Festival

The Pod Generation

20231 hr 49 minEnglish

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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The Pod Generation
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