Movie

The Third Wife

2019 · 96 min

A quiet, visually lush immersion into a young girl's constrained world, building slow dread and tender longing beneath serene surfaces.

Overview: Though only 14 years old, May is selected to be the third wife of a wealthy landowner. Her new home seems idyllic, her husband favours her, and she quickly becomes pregnant with what she is certain will be the desired male progeny. But trouble is quietly brewing: she witnesses a forbidden tryst that will spark a chain reaction of misfortunes — and stir in May urges that until now had been dormant.
How it feels: Melancholic, tense, warm and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Gender, identity, family, power
Content: Strong sexual content. Mild violence and gore. No swearing.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: gender
identity
family
power
coming-of-age
Places: countryside
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language none
Violence mild
Sex strong