Project Detail

Husband

Synopsis

British writer Devorah Baum has to go tour America with her first book – a guide to guilt, paranoia, self-hatred, envy, and all the other feelings currently tearing our world apart. With two small kids in tow, she is stressed out.
Surely her husband, Josh, can help? But the feelings laid bare in the book soon get played out between them, revealing how much remains stubbornly unreconstructed in our supposedly modern relationships.
A searingly honest marriage comedy on the cusp between autofiction and documentary, it's a love letter to New York, literary life, and, er, Zadie Smith.

Details

Year
2022
Type of project
Features
Running time
71 min
Format
HD video
Director
Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum
Producer
Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum
Executive Producer
Christopher Hird
Editor
Martin Macdonald
Sound
Dan Hibbert, Guldem Masa
Composer
Josh Appignanesi, Paul Silver
Principal cast
Josh Appignanesi, Devorah Baum, Zadie Smith

Production Status

Production Company

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