The Wife

Aug 2, 2018

1h 40m

★ 7.1

Secrets lie between the lines

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Anonymous Content

Meta Film London

Silver Reel

Tempo Productions

Embankment Films

Creative Scotland

Spark Film & TV

Chimney Sweden

Film i Väst

The Wife Trailers

Cast

Joan Castleman

Glenn Close

Joe Castleman

Jonathan Pryce

Nathaniel Bone

Christian Slater

David Castleman

Max Irons

Young Joe

Harry Lloyd

Young Joan

Annie Starke

Elaine Mozell

Elizabeth McGovern

Walter Bark

Johan Widerberg

Linnea

Karin Franz Körlof

Hal Bowman

Richard Cordery

Arvid Engdahl

Jan Mybrand

Mrs Lindelöf

Anna Azcárate

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