Taglines: Behind any great man, there’s always a greater woman.
Behind any great man, there’s always a greater woman – and you’re about to meet her. 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.
Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his “art” with grace and humour. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises. And Joan’s reached her breaking point. On the eve of Joe’s Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan’s coup de grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career.
The Wife is a 2017 drama film directed by Björn Runge and written by Jane Anderson, based on the novel of the same name by Meg Wolitzer. It stars Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, and Christian Slater, and follows a wife who questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, who is set to receive the Nobel prize in Literature.
The Wife premiered at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival on 12 September 2017, and was theatrically released in the United States on 17 August 2018 by Sony Pictures Classics. Close received widespread critical acclaim and won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama and Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Actress for her performance, and was nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role.
As of 18 December 2018, The Wife has grossed $8.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $8.6 million in other territories, for a total worldwide of $16.8 million. In its first weekend of limited release, The Wife grossed $111,137 from four theaters, for an average of $27,784, the best of the weekend. It expanded to 18 theaters in its second weekend, making $212,714.
The Wife (2018)
Directed by: Björn Runge
Starring: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons, Christian Slater, Harry Lloyd, Annie Starke, Elizabeth McGovern, Johan Widerberg, Karin Franz Körlof, Richard Cordery, Anna Azcárate
Screenplay by: Jane Anderson
Production Design by: Mark Leese
Cinematography by: Ulf Brantås
Film Editing by: Lena Runge
Costume Design by: Trisha Biggar
Set Decoration by: Craig Menzies
Art Direction by: Caroline Grebbell, Paul Gustavsson, Martin McNee
Music by: Jocelyn Pook
MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content.
Distributed by: Sony Pictures Classics
Release Date: August 17, 2018 (United States), September 28, 2018 (United Kingdom)
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