The Wife

2017 · 100 min · EN · R · 7.1 (1,145 votes)

Dir. Björn Runge · Starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke · Music Jocelyn Pook

“Secrets lie between the lines”

Drama

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

VIBE

This film is a simmering, introspective journey into the quiet resentments and profound sacrifices within a long marriage. It feels like a meticulously crafted literary unraveling, full of unspoken tension and poignant reflections on ambition, legacy, and the true cost of partnership.

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