movie
2023 · Belgium, France, United Kingdom, United States, Liechtenstein
The Pod Generation
Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- Belgium, France, United Kingdom, United States, Liechtenstein
The story
In a not-so-distant future, couples can share pregnancy on a more equal footing via detachable artificial wombs. While botanist Alvy has doubts about this new way of birthing babies, his love for Rachel prompts him to take a leap of faith.
- future
- marriage crisis
- child labour
- natural birth
- working woman
- synthetic human
- child birth
- planned parenthood
- work-life balance
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Kathryn Hunter — Post Office Clerk
- Jean-Marc Barr — The Founder
- Verona Verbakel — Radical feminist
- Sarah Gallagher — Parent #2
- Ken Samuels — Steven
- Anne-Marie Agbodji — Affable Nurse
- Nilson David — Folio Executive #6
- Elke Shari Van Den Broeck — Front desk assistant
- Leonoor Koster — Woman with Blinking Pod
- Isis Caljé — Womb Center Nurse #1
- Veronika Olah — Baby Supermarket Cashier
- Directed
- Sophie Barthes
- Written
- Sophie Barthes
Production
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 · 271 ratings
- Studio
- Quad Productions, SCOPE Pictures, BeTV, Proximus, RTBF, Echo Studio
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
