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The Trouble with Jessica director Matt Winn: ‘My ex-partner took her own life after we broke up’

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The director behind a new dark satire starring British actors Rufus Sewell and Shirley Anderson has revealed that its plot was inspired in part by real-life events.

Matt Winn is the musician and writer who created The Trouble with Jessica, in which two sets of partners (played by Henderson, Alan Tudyk, Rufus Sewell and Olivia Williams) attempt to cover up the suicide of their friend, Jessica (Indira Varma).

After the initial reactions – the

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