The Wife (2017 film)
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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. It stars Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, and Christian Slater, and follows a woman (Close) who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband (Pryce),[4] who is set to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Directed by | Björn L. Runge |
Screenplay by | Jane Anderson |
Based on | The Wife by Meg Wolitzer |
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Narrated by | Glenn Close |
Cinematography | Ulf Brantås |
Edited by | Lena Runge |
Music by | Jocelyn Pook |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
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Language | English |
Box office | $20 million[2][3] |
The film premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2017,[5] and was theatrically released in the United States on August 17, 2018, by Sony Pictures Classics. It received generally positive reviews from critics, with Close's performance garnering widespread acclaim. She won the Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, Independent Spirit Award and Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance, and was also nominated for the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Actress.