As a couple are about to divorce, they discover a list from their past selves with instructions to follow in the event of a split.
THE WIFE AND HER HOUSE HUSBAND
DIRECTOR: MARCUS MARKOU
WRITER: MARCUS MARKOU
PRODUCERS: MARCUS MARKOU, MUIREANN PRICE
CAST:
LAURENCE SPELLMAN
LAURA BAYSTON
PETER BARRETT
PRODUCTION DATE: 2023
GENRE: ROMANCE, DRAMA
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: UNITED KINGDOM
RUNNING TIME: 86 MINS
Synopsis
As Cassie and Matthew come to the end of a divorce, a letter from their past selves’ surfaces suggesting guidance in the “event of separation”. They agree to do the first thing on the list, only to find themselves reluctantly drawn back together.
The letter specifies a list of items to help them recreate memories from the past, so that they “can let go of each other with love and not with fear”. Matthew reluctantly agrees to do the first item on the list – to meet Cassie in the park where they were first alone together, 20 years before. This meeting starts a chain reaction of events, a release of memories and a confrontation with a challenging past – as the couple start to understand who they became in their marriage. Over the next four intense days, Cassie and Matthew find themselves painfully drawn back together but continue to struggle at what it means to reconnect.
