Gilles' Wife (2004)

Original title

La Femme de Gilles

Directed by

Frédéric Fonteyne

Genre

drama film

Country

France, Switzerland, Italy, Luxembourg

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

18+

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A 1930s housewife lives a plain life caring for her husband and children in a small Belgian town. She suspects her husband is having an affair with her own sister and must decide how to react.

slow-burnintensemelancholicbroodingquietclaustrophobicresignedemotionally restrained

What happens

Gilles' Wife (French: La Femme de Gilles) is a 2004 drama film based on the 1937 novel of the same name by Madeleine Bourdouxhe. The film was directed by Frédéric Fonteyne and written by Fonteyne, Philippe Blasband and Marion Hänsel. It received the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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