Behind any great man, there's always a greater woman - and you're about to meet her. Joan Castleman (Glenn Close): a highly intelligent and still-striking beauty - the perfect devoted wife. Forty years spent sacrificing her own talent, dreams and ambitions to fan the flames of her charismatic husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce) and his skyrocketing literary career. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises where she ignores his infidelities and excuses because of his "art" with grace and humour. But, on the eve of Joe's Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan reaches her breaking point. Based on the novel "The Wife" by Meg Wolitzer.
Director: Björn Runge
Stars: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Max Irons
Country: UK | Sweden | USA
Language: English | Swedish
Rating: 14A (Suitable for viewers 14 years of age or older. Viewers under 14 years of age must be accompanied by an adult.)
Runtime: 1h 40min | Drama
All screenings at The Royal Theatre in Trail.
All films are scheduled to start at 4:30pm this series, but due to longer runtimes with "Oscar contenders", please check trail-arts.com to confirm.
All tickets are $10 cash at the door. Or, get your 10 film Flex Pass for $90 now at thebailey.ca!
Upcoming films
Feb. 3 - Cold War: An epic romance set against the backdrop of Europe after World War II. A passionate love story between two people of different backgrounds and temperaments, who are fatefully mismatched and yet condemned to each other.
Feb. 10 - Sharkwater: Extinction: Filmmaker Rob Stewart exposes the illegal fishing industry, from West Africa, Spain, Panama, Costa Rica, France, and even in our own backyard, that threatens the survival of the world's sharks.