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Gilles' Wife
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Gilles' Wife

2004-09-15 · 103 min · ★ 5.8

Drama

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?

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Directors
Frédéric Fonteyne
Production companies
Artémis Productions, Liaison Cinématographique, Samsa Film, Eyescreen, Fama Film, France 3 Cinéma, Eurimages, Wallimage, Cofimage 15, Canal+, RTBF, Nord-Ouest Films
Countries
France, Belgium, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Italy
Status
Released

Top Cast

Emmanuelle DevosEmmanuelle DevosElisa
Clovis CornillacClovis CornillacGilles
Laura SmetLaura SmetVictorine
Dean ConstantinDean ConstantinDancer Valse / Tango / Java.
Colette EmmanuelleColette EmmanuelleLa mère d'Élisa
Gil LagayLe père d'Élisa
Alice VerlindenLa jumelle #1
Chloé VerlindenLa jumelle #2
Yoann BlancYoann BlancL'homme à la cigarette
Philippe JeusettePhilippe JeusetteL'ouvrier moqueur
Benjamin RamonBenjamin RamonLe jeune danseur
Jean-François WolffJean-François WolffLe patron du café
Patrick QuinetPatrick QuinetMaréchal
Geoffrey MagbagLe jeune soldat
Virginie Saint-MartinMarthe
Tim HeepLe fils de Marthe
Loris MayerGillou
Nemo GonzalezGillou
Kayla MissavageGillou
Noah CauchieGillou

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