Shiva Baby Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Feb. 27, 2021

Shiva Baby

Release Date: Friday, April 2, 2021 Limited

Rachel Sennott, Dianna Agron, Fred Melamed, Molly Gordon, Polly Draper, Emma Seligman, Danny Deferrari, Katie Schiller, Kieran Altmann, Lizzie Shapiro

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.

NR Drama 1 hr, 18 m

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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.

Plot

What's the story about?

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.

Drama

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Shiva Baby.

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Rachel Sennott
Saturday Night, Bodies Bodies Bodies
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Molly Gordon
You People, Am I OK?
Dianna Agron
The Family, I Am Number Four
D
Danny Deferrari
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Polly Draper
Little Brother, Second Best
F
Fred Melamed
Peak Season, A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas

Crew Behind the Film

The Shiva Baby behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Emma Seligman last directed Bottoms. The film's writer Emma Seligman last wrote Bottoms.

Director: Emma Seligman
Screenwriter: Emma Seligman
Producers: Kieran Altmann
Katie Schiller
Lizzie Shapiro

Studio: Utopia
Production Companies

Additional Information

MPA Rating: NR Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr, 18 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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Official Shiva Baby movie trailers and clips.

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Production Details

What we know about the Shiva Baby movie production.

Production Updates

Feb 2021

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

Shiva Baby was released in limited movie theaters on Friday, April 2, 2021. There were 10 other movies released on the same date, including French Exit, Every Breath You Take and Concrete Cowboy. As a limited release, Shiva Baby was shown in select movie theaters in major markets.

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