The Wife (2018)
Table of contents
- Basic facts
- Links and resources
- Titles
- Crew
- Cast
- Companies
- About the film
- Plot summary
- Swedish censorship / rating
- Technical specifications
- Comments
- Original work
- Production location
- Release dates
- Soundtrack listing
- Awards
- Related films
- Subjects
- Holdings Film
- Holdings Posters
- Holdings Archive materials
- Holdings Scripts
- Holdings Stills
- Holdings Promotion materials
Basic facts
| Original title | The Wife |
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| Film type | Feature |
| Category | Fiction |
| Average rating | 3,49 / 5 |
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| Classification | Allowed from age 7 |
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| Swedish release | 2018-12-07 |
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Plot summary
For 40 years, Joan has sacrificed her dreams and talents to pander to her charismatic husband Joe and his stratospheric career in the literary world. Their long marriage has...
Titles
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Crew
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Cast
| Jonathan Pryce | Joe Castleman | ||
| Glenn Close | Joan Castleman | ||
| Max Irons | David Castleman | ||
| Christian Slater | Nathaniel Bone | ||
| Harry Lloyd | Joe som ung | ||
| Annie Starke | Joan som ung | ||
| Elizabeth McGovern | Elaine Mozell | ||
| Johan Widerberg | Walter Bark | ||
| Karin Franz Körlof | Linnea | ||
| Richard Cordery | Hal Bowman | ||
| Jan Mybrand | Arvid Engdahl | ||
| Anna Azcárate | fru Lindelöf | ||
| Fredrik Gildea | herr Lagerfelt |
Companies
| Production Company | Meta Film London Ltd | ||
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| Co-Production Company | Black Spark Film & TV AB | ||
| Advance allocations | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet | ||
| Distributor in Sweden (DCP) | SF Studios | 2018 |
Plot summary
For 40 years, Joan has sacrificed her dreams and talents to pander to her charismatic husband Joe and his stratospheric career in the literary world. Their long marriage has been built on a very uneven foundation, and Joan has finally had enough. On the night Joe is to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, the highlight of his success story, Joan finally decides to reveal the big secret.
Swedish censorship / rating
| Certificate number | 205051 |
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| Date | 2017-12-15 |
| Classification | Allowed from age 7 |
| Grounds for decision | Framställningen innehåller inslag av upprörda gräl samt en man som dör i en hjärtattack vilket kan medföra stark oro och bedöms kunna vara till skada för välbefinnandet för barn under 7 år. |
Technical specifications
| Aspect ratio | 2.35:1 |
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| Sound type | Sound |
| Colour type | Colour |
| Carrier type | DCP |
| Length in minutes | 100 min |
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Production location
| Skottland | United Kingdom | |||||
| Stockholm | Sweden |
Release dates
| First showing | 2018-09-28 | United Kingdom | ||||
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| Release in Sweden | 2018-12-07 | Sweden | ||||
| TV showing | 2020-12-05 | SVT1 | Sweden | |||
| 2022-01-02 | Viasat Film Premiere | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-01-03 | Viasat Film Premiere | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-01-18 | Viasat Film Premiere | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-01-19 | Viasat Film Premiere | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-01-27 | Viasat Film Premiere | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-01-28 | Viasat Film Premiere | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-03-15 | Viasat Film Hits | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-04-11 | Viasat Film Hits | Sweden | ||||
| 2022-12-10 | SVT1 | Sweden | 100 min | |||
| VOD release | 2023-03-31 | SVT Play | Sweden | Antal dagar på SVT Play 30 | ||
| TV showing | 2023-04-06 | SVT2 | Sweden |
Awards
| Academy Award Nomination | Los Angeles | 2019 | Glenn Close | (Best Actress in a leading role) |
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Holdings Film
The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | DCP |
| Element type | Digitalt visningsmaterial |
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| Carrier type | ProRes |
| Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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| Carrier type | EXTRAS |
Holdings Posters
| Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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| Quantity | 2 |
| Poster title | The Wife |
Holdings Scripts
| Script type | För- och eftertexter |
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| Extent | 9 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | För- och eftertexter |
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| Extent | 1 s. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Peripheral material |
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| Extent | 25 s. Produktionsuppgifter. |
| Language | English |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 68 s. Tidsangivelser. |
| Language | Swedish |
| Script type | Dialoglista |
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| Extent | 260 s. Tidsangivelser. |
| Language | English |
Holdings Promotion materials
| Type | Program/Reklamtryck |
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| Language | Swedish |
