On the outskirts of a village not far from the sea lives a Fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) who sells the daily catch to support her modest life. Rather proudly single, she disdains her community’s backward rituals, like placing constrictive collars on women when they marry. But after she receives the equivalent of the bride’s bouquet at a local wedding, she feels the sting of loneliness and commissions the Basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to craft her a husband out of wicker. One month later, she magically gets her “man” (Alexander Skarsgård). Though she’s wary at first, he turns out to be unusually perfect. Made for her and her alone, the Fisherwoman and the Wicker Man, it seems, become the only ones in town to fall genuinely in love. Instead of leading the citizens to break out the torches like he’s some kind of monster, this leads them to grow envious of the pair. Women begin pining for deeper meaning in their lives and marriages. Some men want wicker wives of their own. And nearly everyone begins questioning if the old ways aren’t the right ways anymore. Casting a comedic spell on the way to its satisfying finale, Wicker artfully balances fun with a deeper look at gender dynamics and social progress.

(UK, US, Australia, Hungary / 2026 / Directed by Alex Huston Fischer & Eleanor Wilson)
R / 1 hr 45 mins