Male tears should not be a crying shame

Director Anthony Rubinstein's new short film is an explanatory guide to why men should not be afraid to cry. 

Called Cry Like a Guy and created through Unit9 London, the four-and-a-half-minute film features a rhyming narration which explains the biological reasons for why we produce tears and, more importantly, their emotional necessity.

The narrator, played by House of Dragons actor Kieran Bew, tells us at the start of the film that, too often, tears are "tainted with shame" but, he goes on to say, they are actually our biological way to express a host of feelings; joy, fear, love, pain, sadness, stress and more. 

Taking in modern working environments, ancient Greece, medieval monks and Victorian-era 'stiff upper lips', the film uses digital effects, practical effects and a touch of AI to get to the heart of why crying is a "legitimate bodily reflex", and why it should not be exclusively reserved for "little girls.