After a year-long festival run, the
@nueschsisters ’s latest short, Marriage Unplugged, has now arrived on
@directorsnotes , a BIFA-qualifying platform and beautifully curated home for independent cinema.
Marriage Unplugged follows Suzanna and Andrew, who have been unhappy for a while. When yet another argument prompts the couple to venture into a sex robot shop, Suzanna, very much to Andrew’s displeasure, decides to buy one. To make matters worse, the new household addition is a male model named James. But James turns out to be more than a mere sex toy and unwittingly uncovers the very fractures that damaged Andrew and Suzanna’s marriage in the first place.
Written & Directed: Florine & Kim Nüesch
@nueschsisters
Story: Kim Nüesch
Producers: Johanna von Salmuth jojo.v.salmuth , Florine Nüesch, Kim Nüesch
Executive Producer: Cassandra Sigsgaard
Production Companies: Jeva Films
@jevafilms , Nüesch Sisters Production
CAST
Suzanna: Nikki Amuka-Bird
Andrew: Nicholas Gleaves
James: Sven Ironside
@sven.ironside
Sales Clerk: Julia Pilkington
@juj_corp
Director of Photography: Martyna Jakimowska
@martynajakimowska
Casting Director: Catriona Dickie catriona_dickie_casting_
Editor: Florine & Kim Nüesch
Music Composer: Matthias Biermann
@rwdy_music
Production Designer: Yujia Huang
@maxxiehuang
Costume Designer: Marianthi Hatzikidi
@mari.anthi_
Hair & Makeup Designer: Dasha Taivas
@dashataivas
First Assistant Director: Hollie Murten
@holliejaym
Intimacy Coordinator: Haruka Kuroda
@kurodaharuka
Color Grade: Glassworks VFX
@glassworksvfx
Colourist: Daniela Rotaru
@dani_simone_r
VFX: AKKURAT Studios GmbH
@akkurat.studios
Audio Post Production: String and Tins
@stringandtins
Sound Design & Mix: Kaspar Broyd
@i.am.kaspar
Graphic Designer: Clio Ha
@clioham