SHIVA BABY

2020
1 HR, 17 min
APR 23 → MAY 6

Details

Released 2020

United States/Canada

1 hour, 17 minutes

Utopia

Italian with English Subtitles

Starring

Rachael Sennott
Molly Gordon
Polly Draper
Danny Deferrari
Fred Melamed
Dianna Agron

Director

Emma Seligman

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.

Full Cast

Rachael Sennott

Molly Gordon

Polly Draper

Danny Deferrari

Fred Melamed

Dianna Agron

Additional Credits

Emma Seligman Director

Reviews

“SHIVA BABY is an assured and impressively choreographed debut that gets funnier with every new complication.”

Katie Rife

AV Club

“As simple in its set-up as it is complex in its interpersonal dynamics and the execution of its masterclass-level comedy, with her debut feature it is clear that for Seligman this is just the beginning of a promising filmmaking career.”

Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ Woman on Film

“We love them for sure, but family can be scary stuff. By her film’s satisfying close, Seligman proves she gets the profound universality of that notion.”

Tomris Laffl

Variety