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A Different Man

6.9(537)20241h 52m6

Aspiring actor Edward undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$1.2M
Language
English
  • new york city
  • identity
  • transformation
  • dark comedy
  • pity
  • playwright
  • aspiring actor
  • ironic
  • self hatred
  • cautionary
  • pathetic
  • body horror

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Behind the camera

Produced in

United States of America

Where to watch

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival21 Jan 2024
    • PremiereNew Directors/New Films3 Apr 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)R20 Sept 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)RLimited Expansion4 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTTR5 Nov 2024
    • Digital / OTTRMax17 Jan 2025
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical154 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTT1523 Dec 2024
  • AustraliaAU

    • PremiereMA 15+Sydney Film Festival7 Jun 2024
    • PremiereMA 15+Melbourne International Film Festival15 Aug 2024
    • TheatricalMA 15+24 Oct 2024
    • Digital / OTTMA 15+27 Nov 2024
    • PhysicalMA 15+15 Jan 2025
    • PremiereBuninyong Film Festival24 May 2025
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereCinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival18 Sept 2024
    • Theatrical (limited)20 Sept 2024
    • PremiereVancouver International Film Festival26 Sept 2024
    • Digital / OTT5 Nov 2024
  • AustriaAT

    • PremiereVienna International Film Festival26 Oct 2024
  • BrazilBR

    • Digital / OTT1620 May 2025
  • CzechiaCZ

    • PremiereKarlovy Vary International Film Festival 29 Jun 2024
    • Theatrical15+3 Oct 2024
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereDeauville Film Festival9 Sept 2024
  • GermanyDE

    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival16 Feb 2024
    • PremiereFantasy Filmfest4 Sept 2024
    • Theatrical125 Dec 2024
  • GuatemalaGT

    • Theatrical23 Jan 2025
  • Hong KongHK

    • Theatrical (limited)10 May 2025
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical15A4 Oct 2024

Frequently asked questions

A Different Man was released on 24 August 2024.

Audience reviews

4
  • C

    CinemaSerf

    10/6/2024

    7/10

    "Edward" (Sebastian Stan) is a facially disfigured man, stuck in a rundown apartment, whose life isn't really going anywhere fast. Then he gets a new neighbour. "Ingrid" (Renato Reinsve) is a writer who befriends him and promises him a part in her play. Meantime, his doctors manage to get him on a radical course of treatment that gradually returns his face to a more normal visage. Returning to his flat, and with some…

  • G

    good.film

    10/30/2024

    _A Different Man_ delights with a delicious paradox: take a character who feels outcast because of his looks, and then – _voila_. Melt away his differences. _Would he suddenly fit in? Would his life instantly turn around? Or is “success” far more than skin deep?_ New York writer-director Aaron Schimberg wants us to ponder if Edward is better off than he was before. We're caught between wondering if he's a victim o…

  • B

    Brent Marchant

    1/7/2025

    5/10

    Stories that allegorically address themes related to self-esteem, social acceptance and prejudice undoubtedly merit our attention, provided that they execute their narratives in discernable, cogent, relatable ways. Unfortunately, though, that’s where writer-director Aaron Schimberg’s third feature drops the ball. The film follows the strange saga of Edward Lemuel (Sebastian Stan), an aspiring New York actor afflicted…

  • B

    badelf

    5/6/2026

    7/10

    **A Different Man (2024)** _Directed by Aaron Schimberg_ Aaron Schimberg's A Different Man announces its literary pedigree early, nodding to The Elephant Man and Cyrano de Bergerac (a clip plays on a TV screen, lest we miss the connection). But the true lineage, unacknowledged, is Hiroshi Teshigahara's The Face of Another (1966). Like that Japanese masterwork, Schimberg's film asks what happens when a man sheds…

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