The Wife

2017
7.0
The Wife
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Title: The Wife

Original Title: The Wife

Year: 2017

Info

  • Country: UK Sweden
  • Language: English Swedish
  • Length: 99 Minutes (1 hour 39 min)
  • Genre: Drama
  • Studios: Anonymous Content
  • Distributor: Vértice 360
  • Age rating: 15 (Suitable only for 15 years and over)

Release Dates

  • UK: September 28 2018
  • United States: August 17 2018

Plot

Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is a woman who has renounced to all her dreams and aspirations in order to support his husband's writing career. Despide the multiple infidelities, she has kept loyal and unconditional to Joe's side (Jonathan Pryce), and she has not cared about anything else, since she has always admired his artistic talent. But one day Joan comes to her limits. Realizing that she has been sacrificing her own writing talent for years in order to support his husband's, Joan makes a drastic decision: se takes the initiative of leaving everything behind, including her husband, in order to travel and accept a prestigious literary award for a book she has been working on with all her determination, effort and dedication.

Awards

  • 2019 Academy Awards (Oscars): 1 0
  • 2019 Golden Globes: 1 1
  • 2019 BAFTA Awards: 1 0

Cast

Director:

Björn RungeBjörn Runge

Glenn Close

Glenn Close

Joan Castleman

Christian Slater

Christian Slater

Nathanial Bone

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

Joe Castleman

Max Irons

Max Irons

David Castleman

Harry Lloyd

Harry Lloyd

Joven Joe

Annie Starke

Annie Starke

Young Joan

Elizabeth McGovern

Elizabeth McGovern

Elaine Mozell

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Trivia

Shooting

Though set in Stockholm, the majority of the film was shot in Glasgow.

Related

Annie Stark, who plays young Joan, is actually Glenn Close's daughter.

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