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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.
The Wife: Directed by Björn Runge. With Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater. A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.
After three-plus decades together, the wife anticipates the husband’s needs and meets them before he even realizes he has them—and certainly long before she’d ever consider tending to any needs of her own.
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close): a highly intelligent and still-striking beauty - the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe ( Jonathan Pryce ) and his skyrocketing literary career.
The Wife. 2017 · 1 hr 41 min. R. Drama. Based on the book by Meg Wolitzer, this film blends the midcentury story of a couple’s youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage. Subtitles: English. Starring: Glenn Close Christian Slater Jonathan Pryce Max Irons Elizabeth McGovern Harry Lloyd. Directed by: Björn Runge.
“The Wife” pulls off the not inconsiderable feat of spinning a fundamentally literary premise into an intelligent screen drama that unfolds with real juice and suspense.
Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) is the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career.
