Gilles' Wife (La Femme de Gilles)
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- Synopsis
- A woman struggles to hold on to the man she loves in this drama set in the 1930s from Belgian filmmaker Frédéric Fonteyne. Elisa (Emmanuelle Devos) is a housewife who is passionately devoted to her husband, Gilles (Clovis Cornillac), who works in a ......
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- Director(s)
- Frédéric Fonteyne
- Distributor(s)
- Cinema Guild
- MPAA Rating
- Not Yet Rated
- Runtime
- 103 min.
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Variety | Lisa NesselsonAdd Critic to Favorites
Told primarily via body language and facial expressions with a minimum of dialogue, beautifully observed, emotionally intense tale is an ambitious and rewarding outing for Frederic Fonteyne.Read the full review
Los Angeles Times | Robert AbeleAdd Critic to Favorites
Suffused with a painterly tenderness and cruelty, the French film Gilles' Wife - based on a 1937 Belgian novel by Madeleine Bourdouxhe - stars the extraordinary actress Emmanuelle Devos.Read the full review
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Scott TobiasAdd Critic to Favorites
An impeccable minimalist drama that's tailored specifically to Devos' expressive capabilities, which say more than the sparse dialogue.Read the full review
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