She ordered a wicker husband. The village never saw the chaos coming.
An outcast in a fishing village commissions a husband for herself made out of wicker from the local basketmaker, but her unexpected romance with the intricate creation sparks jealousy and threatens the village's social order.
Acting
Olivia Colman doing desperate small-town energy is *chef's kiss*.
Costume
The wicker husband's intricate construction deserves its own credit.
Direction
Directors lean hard into the absurd without losing genuine heart.
Director
Eleanor Wilson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on a short story by Daisy Johnson, continuing cinema's weird obsession with folk-horror romance hybrids.
The casting of Skarsgård as the wicker husband required extensive physical training to achieve that particular stillness without being, well, a prop.
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