The wife - secrets, lies and sacrifice

Emotional drama. Set in 1992, with flash-backs to the 1950's.

 Stars Glen Close as the long suffering wife of a soon to be awarded Nobel Prize winner for literature. They both travel to Stockholm, Sweden for him to receive the award. A self-appointed biographer travels with them, determined to uncover the truth and confirm his dark suspicions. (you can probably guess)

A strong message conveyed is that writers need to write or suffocate, but also writers need to be read and this is where the problem lies for 'the wife' character. Women are discriminated against - writing, journalism, publishing are all a man's world, with the prospects of forever being confined to the side-lines or have their work completely ignored. She decides to give up everything but remain supportive and dedicated to her husband for the sake of their children.

Many flashbacks show how they met and built their relationship, the truth that slowly emerges proves that he is not the brilliant author that we are led to believe, the award has been unjustly awarded. She is in fact the author with the golden touch. She can often be seen refining his original ideas, making an award worthy body of work from his initial drafts.

This is an excellent film that would make a great stage play.

Explains the reason the author of Harry Potter signed HERSELF J. K. Rowling.


9/10