God's Crucible
1917
“Secrets lie between the lines”
The Wife (2017)
August 17, 20171h 40mEN
7.1
1.1K votes
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.
Director
Björn RungeWriters
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$7.0M
Revenue
$20.0M
Production Companies
Anonymous ContentMeta Film LondonSilver ReelTempo ProductionsEmbankment FilmsCreative Scotland
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6.0"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 l…
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