The Pumpkin Eater

About “The Pumpkin Eater”

The Pumpkin Eater is a surreal black comedy centered on a nameless woman who narrates her experiences from the perspective of a therapist’s couch. She is the mother of a large, nameless group of children and the wife of a successful screenwriter named Jake Armitage, and her reflections explore the emotional toll of parenthood, marriage, and the pursuit of domestic happiness, as she navigates depression, betrayal, and the fragmentation of her inner life.