In a seaside village lost to time, a fisherwoman (Olivia Colman) delivers the food relied on by the townsfolk, who barely tolerate her cantankerous and smelly presence. Unexpectedly named the next to be wed at a village celebration, she commissions the local Basketmaker (Peter Dinklage) to weave her the perfect husband (Alexander Skarsgård). Delivering her a handy and kindly man, jealousies inevitably flare up among the other townsfolk (Elizabeth Debicki, Nabhaan Rizwan and Richard E. Grant).