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The Wife (2017)

The Wife poster
Directed by
Björn Runge
Genre
drama film
Country
Sweden, United States
Runtime
1h 40m
Rated
R
Rating
7.1 of 10 from 1,125 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A woman travels with her husband to Stockholm where he is about to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. During the trip she begins to question her life choices and the sacrifices she has made for his career.

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What happens

The Wife is a 2017 drama film directed by Björn L. Runge and written by Jane Anderson, based on the 2003 novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer. It stars Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, and Christian Slater, and follows a woman (Close) who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Pryce), who is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 17, 2018, by Sony Pictures Classics. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Close's performance garnering widespread acclaim. She won the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Independent Spirit Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance, and was also nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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