“Seligman tightly orchestrates with loving cultural specificity and nuance,
working her satirical muscles to a thrilling extent.”
Tomris Laffly, Variety
“Shiva Baby is an assured and impressively choreographed debut
that gets funnier with every new complication.”
Katie Rife, The A.V. Club
“Claustrophobic Jewish horror with a sexy premise.”
Jude Dry, IndieWire
“An instant coming-of-age classic.”
Anne Cohen, Refinery 29
“A deftly crafted comedy of discomfort.”
Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter
Logline
A young woman struggles to keep up different versions of herself when she runs into her sugar daddy and her ex-girlfriend at a shiva with her parents.
Synopsis
A near college graduate, Danielle, gets paid by her sugar daddy and rushes to meet her neurotic parents at a family shiva. Upon arrival, she is accosted by various estranged relatives about her appearance and lack of post-grad plans, while her confident ex-girlfriend, Maya, is applauded by everyone for getting into law school. Danielle’s day takes an unexpected turn when her sugar daddy, Max, arrives at the shiva with his accomplished wife, Kim, and crying baby. As the day unfolds, Danielle struggles to keep up different versions of herself, fend off pressures from her family and confront her insecurities without completely losing it.
Runtime: 78 min
Language: English
Country: USA
Writer / Director: Emma Seligman
Cast: Rachel Sennott, Molly Gordon, Diana Agron, Danny Deferrari, Polly Draper,
and Fred Melamed
Producers: Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro
Director of Photography: Maria Rusche
Editor: Hanna A. Park
Music: Ariel Marx
