The Frontiersman's Wife

201017m
ShortComedyDrama

After moving out of the city, Melissa Oliphant begins seeing a new man every night... her husband. Diagnosed with parasomnia, Melissa's husband begins to exhibit extreme sleepwalking on a nightly basis. The man she confronts at night, however, is a completely different person than in his waking state. But as their marriage crumbles during the day, Melissa increasingly finds solitude in her new-found nocturnal relationship. Creating an alternate, prairie universe in their living room every evening, Melissa and her sleeping husband develop a fantastical world that overshadows her daily reality. But as Melissa attempts to prolong exposure with her nighttime husband, her actions ripple into waking life.

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17m
Released
2010

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Release year: 2010

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After moving out of the city, Melissa Oliphant begins seeing a new man every night... her husband. Diagnosed with parasomnia, Melissa's husband begins to exhibit extreme sleepwalking on a nightly basis. The man she confronts at night, however, is a completely different person than in his waking state. But as their marriage crumbles during the day, Melissa increasingly finds solitude in her new-found nocturnal relationship. Creating an alternate, prairie universe in their living room every evening, Melissa and her sleeping husband develop a fantastical world that overshadows her daily reality. But as Melissa attempts to prolong exposure with her nighttime husband, her actions ripple into waking life.

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