Drama

The Wife

- Secrets lie between the lines

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.

Release Date : 2018-08-02

Language :EnglishSwedish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Anonymous ContentMeta Film LondonSilver ReelTempo ProductionsEmbankment FilmsCreative ScotlandSpark Film & TVChimney SwedenFilm i Väst

Production Country : SwedenSwitzerlandUnited KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Joan Castleman

Original Name : Glenn Close

Gender : Female

Character Name : Joe Castleman

Original Name : Jonathan Pryce

Gender : Male

Character Name : Nathaniel Bone

Original Name : Christian Slater

Gender : Male

Character Name : David Castleman

Original Name : Max Irons

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Joe

Original Name : Harry Lloyd

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young Joan

Original Name : Annie Starke

Gender : Female

Character Name : Elaine Mozell

Original Name : Elizabeth McGovern

Gender : Female

Character Name : Walter Bark

Original Name : Johan Widerberg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Linnea

Original Name : Karin Franz Körlof

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hal Bowman

Original Name : Richard Cordery

Gender : Male

Character Name : Arvid Engdahl

Original Name : Jan Mybrand

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs Lindelöf

Original Name : Anna Azcárate

Gender : Female

Character Name : James Finch

Original Name : Peter Forbes

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mr Lagerfelt

Original Name : Fredric Gildea

Gender : Male

Character Name : Constance Finch

Original Name : Jane Garioni

Gender : Female

Character Name : Susannah Castleman

Original Name : Alix Wilton Regan

Gender : Female

Character Name : King Gustav

Original Name : Nick Fletcher

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dr Ekeberg

Original Name : Mattias Nordkvist

Gender : Male

Character Name : Dusty Berkowitz

Original Name : Suzanne Bertish

Gender : Female

Character Name : Carol Castleman

Original Name : Grainne Keenan

Gender : Female

Character Name : Nobel Hostess

Original Name : Isabelle von Meyenburg

Gender : Male

Character Name : Smithie Girl Lorraine

Original Name : Morgane Polanski

Gender : Female

Character Name : Flight Attendant Monica

Original Name : Twinnie Lee Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Lovejoy

Original Name : John Moraitis

Gender : Male

Character Name : White

Original Name : Michael Benz

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Manager

Original Name : Johanna Andersson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Hotel Doctor

Original Name : Catharina Christie

Gender : Male

Character Name : Hotel Nurse

Original Name : Carolin Stoltz

Gender : Female

Character Name : Gustav

Original Name : Håkan Pettersson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Young David (voice)

Original Name : Ossian Skarsgård

Gender : Male

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

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 learn a little about this couple and discover that much of their lives is but a façade with secrets and rancour galore in their marital closet. It's a drunken chat between the son and the journalist that proves to be the familial flashpoint and the timing could hardly be worse! Whilst most of the acting plaudits must go to a calculating performance from Close, Pryce isn't terrible either - unlike messrs. Slater and Irons who really add little to a story that takes about five minutes to work out. It's all watchable enough, but there's no chemistry nor does it feel very natural at any point in the proceedings. Sure, the whole Nobel paraphernalia doesn't make that too easy, but somehow it's like a short stage play that someone has decided would make for a film - without really realising just how sterile it would look.