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- 2005
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 43 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 43 m
Summary Set in the 1930's, Gilles' Wife is a haunting tale of love and betrayal in a small mining town on the outskirts of France. [Cinema Guild]
Directed By: Frédéric Fonteyne
- 2005
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 43 m
- 2005
- Not Rated
- IFC Films
- 1 h 43 m
Gilles' Wife
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7.0
Summary Set in the 1930's, Gilles' Wife is a haunting tale of love and betrayal in a small mining town on the outskirts of France. [Cinema Guild]
Directed By: Frédéric Fonteyne
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
82
100% Positive
14 Reviews
14 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
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Devos's performance is an expert workshop of internalized emotions and silent forbearance.
You can't imagine a soapier setup, but Gilles' Wife taken on its own terms is a spectacular achievement, a heartbreaking cinematic work that finely balances melodrama, family love story and devastating tragedy.
The ending is a stunner. Like those '30 classics it suggests, Gilles' Wife seduces us with true cinematic magic: rich characters, great acting and that rapturous old French blend of realism and theatricality.
All but a silent movie, Frédéric Fonteyne’s strikingly atmospheric film - adapted by Philippe Blasband and Marion Hänsel from a 1937 novel - relies on the extraordinarily mobile face of Emmanuelle Devos to express the pain of a woman who has no language for her inner turmoil.
While the outcome is never really in doubt, director Frederic Fonteyne illuminates the wife's inner world with a rich sense of atmosphere, and Emmanuelle Devos' riveting performance manages to convey every shift in her character's suppressed emotional life with the subtlest of gestures and expressions.
This is a lyrical art movie with admittedly limited commercial appeal, but worth seeing for cinematic explorers.
Has an appealing surface beauty, largely due to the talented cinematographer Virginie Saint Martin, and an equally shallow mystery.
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Production Company
Artémis Productions,
Liaison Cinématographique,
Samsa Film,
Eyescreen S.r.l.,
Nord-Ouest Films,
Fama Film AG,
Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF),
France 3 Cinéma,
Eurimages,
Wallimage,
Canal+,
Cofimage 15,
Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel et des Télédistributeurs Wallons,
Fonds National de Soutien à la Production Audiovisuelle du Luxembourg,
MEDIA Programme of the European Union,
Tax Shelter du Gouvernement Fédéral Belge
Release Date Nov 16, 2005
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website
http://www.lafemmedegilles.com/
Awards
Joseph Plateau Awards
• 2 Wins & 4 Nominations
Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
