Gilles' Wife
2004 · Movie · 108 min · ★ 5.8
This sensuous and haunting tale of love betrayal is built around an extraordinary performance by the award-winning French star Emmanuelle Devos. In his devotion to the period’s atmospherics, director Frédéric Fonteyne lovingly brings to life 1930s France in this fraught drama of unconditional love.
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Details
- Original title
- La Femme de Gilles
- Years
- 2004
- Release date
- 2004-09-15
- Language
- French
- Runtime
- 108 min
- TMDB rating
- 5.8/10 (18 votes)
Themes
- factory worker
- adultery
- infidelity
- jealousy
- husband wife relationship
- countryside
- love triangle
- suicide attempt
- betrayal
- extramarital affair
- 1930s
- sister sister relationship
Cast & crew
Emmanuelle Devos
as Elisa
Clovis Cornillac
as Gilles
Laura Smet
as Victorine
Dean Constantin
as Dancer Valse / Tango / Java.
Colette Emmanuelle
as La mère d'Élisa
- GL
Gil Lagay
as Le père d'Élisa
- AV
Alice Verlinden
as La jumelle #1
- CV
Chloé Verlinden
as La jumelle #2
Yoann Blanc
as L'homme à la cigarette
Philippe Jeusette
as L'ouvrier moqueur
Directed by Frédéric Fonteyne