The Wife
International programme - Europolis
Behind any great man, there's always a greater woman - and you're about to meet her. Joan Castleman has spent forty years sacrificing her life to support her charismatic husband Joe, who is a writer. When they travel to Stockholm for Joe to receive his Nobel Prize, Joan will reexamine her own life choices.
UK, Sweden, USA | 2017 | 99’
drama | CROATIAN PREMIERE
DIRECTOR Björn L Runge | SCREENPLAY Jane Anderson (prema romanu Meg Wolitzer) | CINEMATOGRAPHY Ulf Brantås | EDITOR Lena Runge | SCORE Jocelyn Pook | CAST Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater, Elizabeth McGovern | PRODUCER Jo Bamford, Claudia Bluemhuber, Rosalie Swedlin, Meta Louise Foldager Sørensen, Piers Tempest |SALES AGENT Park Circus
FESTIVALS Academy Awards, 2019 (nominated for Best Actress, Glenn Close);Golden Globes, 2019 (Best Actress), BAFTA, 2019 (nominated for best actress)
Björn L Runge (Lysekil, 1961) is a Swedish director and playwright. His most known films are his debut film Harry and Sonja (1996) and the award-winning film Daybreak (2003).