My Wife Is an Actress (2001)

Original title

Ma femme est une actrice

Directed by

Yvan Attal

Genre

comedy drama, romantic comedy

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

AL

Rating

6.1 of 10 from 73 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist becomes jealous when his wife, an actress, lands a film role with a handsome co-star. Their relationship is tested by his insecurity and her career. Based on the real-life experiences of the director and his wife.

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What happens

My Wife is an Actress (French: Ma femme est une actrice) is a 2001 French romantic comedy-drama film starring Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Attal plays a journalist who becomes obsessively jealous when his actress wife gets a part in a movie with an attractive co-star. Attal also wrote and directed the film. The film stars Terence Stamp among others. This film is also highly biographic, as Yvan and Charlotte are a real-life couple since 1991, and have three children. According to Yvan, the idea and a part of the plot originates from real-life events. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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