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My Wife's Romance

2011 · 100 min

A quiet, uneasy drama where grief and suspicion blur together, keeping you watchful as intimacy slowly turns into something you can't quite trust.

Directed by
Jamshed Usmonov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Olivier Gourmet, Léa Seydoux, Maruf Pulodzoda
Overview
When Paul dies, he leaves his wife Eve with a mountain of debt. As the police begin their investigation into Paul’s death, Eve is supported by a lawyer named Chollet, a friend of her husband who generously helps her to clear the debts she has inherited. Eve and Chollet become close, perhaps too close, and their intimacy soon begins to arouse the suspicions of the police..

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Directed by
Jamshed Usmonov
Genres
Drama
Starring
Olivier Gourmet, Léa Seydoux, Maruf Pulodzoda
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • deception
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • guilt
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Olivier Gourmet, Léa Seydoux, Maruf Pulodzoda, Kseniya Rappoport, Thibault Vinçon, Sacha Bourdo, Élise Otzenberger, Émilie Pietrobon
Music
Pierre Aviat
Cinematography
Lubomir Bakchev
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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