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The Wife

2017 • 1h 40m •
Drama
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★ 7.1/10
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The Wife

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.

"Secrets lie between the lines"

Top Billed Cast

Glenn Close
Glenn Close
Joan Castleman
Jonathan Pryce
Jonathan Pryce
Joe Castleman
Christian Slater
Christian Slater
Nathaniel Bone
Max Irons
Max Irons
David Castleman
Harry Lloyd
Harry Lloyd
Young Joe
Annie Starke
Annie Starke
Young Joan
Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth McGovern
Elaine Mozell
Johan Widerberg
Johan Widerberg
Walter Bark

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic
2024-06-30

"Joe" (Jonathan Pryce) has won the Nobel prize for literature and so must travel with his wife "Joan" (Glenn Close) to Stockholm to receive the award from the King of Sweden. Embarking on Concorde (which never flew to Stockholm) the couple arrive to be feted by Nobel literati and pestered by "Nathanial" (Christian Slater) who is determined to write a biography of this author. Neither husband nor wide want anything to do with him, and swiftly we learn that their son "David" (Max Irons) doesn't really want too much to do with his father, either. Using some flashbacks to their courting days, we l...