The Future Is Now!
5.6
A journalist meets “Man of Today” who, while a responsible citizen, is disengaged from greater society. He believes once he’s dead nothing more matters. As an experiment to see if she can turn his pessimistic view around, the journalist sends him on a journey of enlightenment to prove that the future does matter. Travelling the globe, he finds himself in surprising encounters with great minds in the arts and sciences. Starting with an unexpected poetry reading and conversation with experimental poet Christian Bök, Man of Today engages with architect Shigeru Ban, activist Francis Dupuis-Déri, philosopher Alain de Botton, artist Marlene Dumas, novelist Rivka Galchen, leading scientists and a ghost. Will the journalist succeed in turning a cynic into an optimist? Will it matter? What can one person do?
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Cast
22 people
Paul Ahmarani
Man Of Today
Known for
La Job
Upside Down
Liane Balaban
Woman Of Tomorrow
Known for
Definitely, Maybe
The Grand Seduction
Jim Brown
Known for
The Running Man
The Dirty Dozen
Gary Burns
George Baptist
Alain de Botton
The Philosopher
Also in
The Perfect Home
Encontros e Dissonâncias
Autumn Doerr
Shigeru Ban
The Architect
Bonnie Thompson
Christian Bök
The Poet
No other roles listed
Shirley Vercruysse
Marlene Dumas
The Artist
Also in
Screwed
Kunststof TV
Jim Brown Director · Gary Burns Director John Abram Composer
First release June 24, 2011 · Produced in Canada · Production ONF | NFB
Production
Burns Film Ltd.
Production
ONF | NFB
Production
Canada
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · June 24, 2011
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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