The Wife (2017)

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Secrets lie between the lines

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

• Released: 2017-08-17
• Genres: Drama
• Runtime: 1h 40m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 1,142 votes

Directed by Björn Runge.

Top cast

• Glenn Close as Joan Castleman
• Jonathan Pryce as Joe Castleman
• Christian Slater as Nathaniel Bone
• Max Irons as David Castleman
• Harry Lloyd as Young Joe
• Annie Starke as Young Joan
• Elizabeth McGovern as Elaine Mozell
• Johan Widerberg as Walter Bark
• Karin Franz Körlof as Linnea
• Richard Cordery as Hal Bowman

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Wife

• United States: stream on Howdy Amazon Channel; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: stream on Lionsgate+ Amazon Channels; rent on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store; buy on Apple TV Store, Rakuten TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, Sky Store
• India: stream on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads; rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: watch free on Hoopla; rent on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: stream on Netflix, Stan, Netflix Standard with Ads; rent on JustWatch TV, Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube

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