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The Police Officer's Wife (2013)

The Police Officer's Wife poster
Original title
Die Frau des Polizisten
Directed by
Philip Gröning
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
2h 55m
Rated
16
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 18 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police officer lives with his wife and daughter in a small German town. Their marriage becomes strained as his controlling behavior escalates, and the film shows the domestic tension that builds over time.

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What happens

The Police Officer's Wife (German: Die Frau des Polizisten) is a 2013 German drama film directed by Philip Gröning. It was screened in the main competition section at the 70th Venice International Film Festival where it won the Special Jury Prize. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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