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Gilles' Wife

Gilles' Wife

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 15, 2004

Runtime

1h 43m

Genres

Drama

User Score

58%

Original Title

La Femme de Gilles

Production Companies

Artémis Productions, Liaison Cinématographique, Samsa Film, Eyescreen S.r.l., Fama Film AG, France 3 Cinéma, Eurimages, Wallimage, Cofimage 15, Canal+, RTBF, Nord-Ouest Films

Director

Frédéric Fonteyne

Description

Gilles' wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him, suspects during her third pregnancy that he is having an affair with her coquettish younger sister, Victorine. Elise suffers, usually in silence. She listens to her husband rave; she asks her priest; she breaks picture frames; she weeps. She decides on a strategy to keep him. Will she succeed?