About Max

Born in 1977 in Luxembourg,Max Jacoby graduated from the London Film School in 2001 with his first film, BABYSITTING. He made two more short films, the last of which, BUTTERFLIES was based on a story by British author Ian McEwan and won among others the prize for Best European Short Film at the 2005 Venice Film Festival. His first feature film DUST premiered in competition at the 2009 Pusan International Film Festival.

Max's Project

Somebody's Wife

Yorkshire, 1978. A young woman finds out things about her husband she never would have expected in her wildest dreams. Their previously happy marriage is put to the test as she starts to wonder who he really is. Set against the backdrop of the Ripper murders, SOMEBODY'S WIFE deals with the question of how well one can ever know another person.

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