BRITISH AND IRISH FILM FESTIVAL

Wicker

Ridiculed by her narrow-minded neighbours, a solitary fisherwoman asks the village basketmaker to weave her a husband. When the extraordinary creation comes to life, their tender romance awakens fascination, envy and uproar throughout the conservative seaside community.

Director

Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson (Save Yourselves!)

CAST

Olivia Colman • Alexander Skarsgård • Peter Dinklage • Elizabeth Debicki • Richard E. Grant

RATING

RUNTIME

1h 45m

COUNTRY

United States

GENRE

Fantasy, Romance, Comedy

LANGUAGE

English

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FILM NOTES

A deliciously strange romantic fable, woven with mischief, desire and rebellious tenderness.

Adapted from Ursula Wills-Jones’ short story The Wicker Husband, this audacious fable unfolds in a seaside village seemingly lost to time. Olivia Colman plays an outcast fisherwoman whose request for a handwoven companion is fulfilled by Peter Dinklage’s enigmatic basketmaker. The resulting Wicker Husband, played by Alexander Skarsgård, brings devotion and unexpected disruption to the village’s rigid social order.

Richly textured and knowingly eccentric, Wicker explores love, marriage and conformity through earthy humour and storybook fantasy. Colman and Skarsgård give its unusual romance genuine warmth, surrounded by a sparkling ensemble including Elizabeth Debicki and Richard E. Grant. For audiences drawn to boldly imaginative cinema, it promises a playful, sensual and heartfelt celebration of choosing love on your own terms.