Gilles' Wife

Gilles' Wife

103 mins | Drama | Sept. 15, 2004

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?

Gilles' Wife

103 mins | Drama | Sept. 15, 2004

Gilles' Wife
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?
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Canal+, France 3 Cinéma, Samsa Film, RTBF, Eurimages, Fama Film AG, Liaison Cinématographique, Artémis Productions, Eyescreen S.r.l., Wallimage, Nord-Ouest Films, Cofimage 15
Original title La Femme de Gilles
Directors Frédéric Fonteyne
Writers Madeleine Bourdouxhe, Frédéric Fonteyne, Marion Hänsel, Philippe Blasband

Cast

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

Gil Lagay

as Le père d'Élisa

Alice Verlinden

as La jumelle #1

Chloé Verlinden

as La jumelle #2

Yoann Blanc

as L'homme à la cigarette

Philippe Jeusette

as L'ouvrier moqueur

Benjamin Ramon

as Le jeune danseur

Jean-François Wolff

as Le patron du café

Patrick Quinet

as Maréchal

Geoffrey Magbag

as Le jeune soldat

Tim Heep

as Le fils de Marthe

Loris Mayer

as Gillou

Nemo Gonzalez

as Gillou

Kayla Missavage

as Gillou

Noah Cauchie

as Gillou

Dylan Rua Machado

as Gillou

Loic Martins

as Gillou

Frédéric Fonteyne

as L'ouvrier ami de Gilles