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The Wife

Summary: A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm to see her husband receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Release Date: September 28, 2018

Genre: Drama

Director: Björn Runge

Writers: Jane Anderson

Runtime: 1 h 39 min

MPAA: R

Production: Silver Reel, Meta Film, Anonymous Content, Creative Scotland, Spark Film & TV, Film i Väst, Chimney, Sir-Reel Productions, Tempo Productions

Distributor: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Countries: United Kingdom, Sweden, United States

Language: English

Domestic: $ 9,601,092

International: $ 10,377,097

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1950s 1960s 1970s 1990s adulterous husband adultery agate airplane apology applause aspiring writer author authoress awaken by phone call award presentation baby babysitting back rub bad breath banquet bar based on novel betrayal biographer bitterness blood pressure medication book book reading bow tie box of chocolates breakfast in bed brother brother relationship brother sister relationship cafe camera candle candy champagne christmas tree cigar smoking cigarette cigarette lighter cigarette smoking closed door co ed coffee concorde confession connecticut cookie crossword puzzle crying little boy crying man crying woman cynicism dancer dancing death of father death of husband dining room distrust eastern europe eastern scandinavia editor electric fan electrical cardioversion english teacher executive suite extramarital affair eyeglasses f rated falling in love family relationships father daughter relationship father kisses son on the top of his head father son relationship fear of inadequacy female photographer female protagonist female writer fired from a job flash forward flashback flirting foot massage fraud genius ghost writer ghostwriter giving a toast grandfather grandson relationship grandmother grandson relationship hairy chest handshake heart attack heart disease hotel hotel lobby humiliation husband dances with wife husband wife relationship infidelity james joyce quotation jew jewish jumping on a bed king king of sweden kingmaker kiss kiss on the top of the head laurel head wreath laurel head wreath with candles lecture lie lighting a cigarette limousine listening to music listening to someone's heartbeat literary editor little boy loneliness long suffering wife looking at oneself in a mirror maduros cigars man wears eyeglasses manhattan new york city marriage memory mirror money mother daughter relationship mother son relationship muse name calling nanny narcissism necktie new york city nickname nobel foundation nobel prize ceremony nobel prize for literature novelist old man old woman older man younger woman relationship overhead camera shot packing pain pajamas photographer pills poverty pregnancy pride professor professor student relationship prologue promise publishing house queen real life mother and daughter play same character reference to andy warhol reference to august strindberg reference to bill clinton reference to don quixote reference to henry miller reference to james joyce reference to richard avedon reflection in a mirror refrerence to conductive poymers rehearsal rejection letter rererence to greek resentment restaurant revelation scandinavia eastern europe scandinavian graduation cap secret secretary seduction sense of smell sex sexism shaming someone shyness singer singing smelling a woman's undergarment smith college smoking marijuana snow snowing son seeks father's approval spotlight standing ovation stockholm sweden story telling sweden eastern europe swedish academy sycophant talking during sex teacher student relationship telephone telephone call threat to sue throwing a necktie throwing an award out a limousine window timeframe 1950s timeframe 1960s timeframe 1970s timeframe 1990s title written by female touching a pregnant woman's stomach trauma tuxedo two word title typewriter unfaithfulness walnut wanting a divorce wife wants to leave husband woman wears eyeglasses womanizer women's college worrying wristwatch writer writing on a walnut year 1956 year 1958 year 1960 year 1968 year 1992 younger version of character

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