husband and wife

A film about complicity and denial, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” examines how a seemingly reasonable husband and wife can tacitly support this national charade.

"Immediately after my wedding, I entered the world of conjugal trauma. I had not realised that the consummation that followed would leave me so horrified, numbed and feeling unchaste," she writes and adds that she could never bring herself to "accept marital relations between husband and wife".

His complaint, obtained Wednesday by The Times, said that he and Prepon, both 44, had “suffered irreconcilable differences” and “are unable to live together successfully as husband and wife.”

The latter, from husband and wife duo Mister & Mischief, takes its cues from works such as “Encyclopedia Brown” and “Nancy Drew,” casting adults in the role of kid detectives.

“I’ve had cases where the couple was together for over twenty years, cohabitating, referring to each other as husband and wife, but this meant very little when one partner needed a guardian and then passed away. The other partner had no say in these legal proceedings, as they had no legal relationship,” said Fresard.