factory worker,adultery,infidelity,jealousy,husband wife relationship,countryside,love triangle,suicide attempt,betrayal,extramarital affair,1930s,sister sister relationship

Gilles' Wife (2004)

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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?

Cast & Crew

Director
Frédéric Fonteyne
  • Profile picture of Emmanuelle Devos
    Elisa Emmanuelle Devos
  • Profile picture of Clovis Cornillac
    Gilles Clovis Cornillac
  • Profile picture of Laura Smet
    Victorine Laura Smet
  • Profile picture of Dean Constantin
    Dancer Valse / Tango / Java. Dean Constantin
  • Profile picture of Colette Emmanuelle
    La mère d'Élisa Colette Emmanuelle
  • Profile picture of Yoann Blanc
    L'homme à la cigarette Yoann Blanc
  • Profile picture of Philippe Jeusette
    L'ouvrier moqueur Philippe Jeusette
  • Profile picture of Benjamin Ramon
    Le jeune danseur Benjamin Ramon

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Keywords

  • factory worker
  • adultery
  • infidelity
  • jealousy
  • husband wife relationship
  • countryside
  • love triangle
  • suicide attempt
  • betrayal
  • extramarital affair
  • 1930s
  • sister sister relationship