The Story of My Wife

Drama/Book adaptation, Italy/France 2021

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Jakob Störr is a hard-boiled Dutch ship's captain. One day, he makes a bet in a café to marry the first woman who enters. Unsuspectingly, young Lizzy walks in the door... What follows is a highly emotional marital drama: Jakob doesn't know how to deal with his wife's beauty and inscrutability and is torn between intimate love and mistrust. Lizzy, who is only too aware of her subtle power, struggles with conflicting feelings. Passion, misunderstanding and jealousy run their course. The film title is misleading: this is less about the story of "my wife" and more about the story of Jakob, the husband. The film is told from Jacob's perspective, it is his point of view that the camera adopts. We learn very little about Lucy, she remains a mystery (to him): does she love him? What is she up to while he is at sea? Is she as fake as he believes in the increasingly dark moments of his marriage? On their wedding night, Jakob and Lizzy play "sailor's poker": whoever loses has to take off an item of clothing. This is the beginning of their marriage, in which the partners constantly stare at each other, want to dominate the other, while misunderstanding each other and sometimes playing with the wrong cards.
164 min
SD
FSK 12
Audio language:
EnglishGerman
Subtitles:
German

Awards

Otranto Film Festival 2021 Jury Prize Best Director Ildikó Enyedi
Dunav Film Fest 2022 Best Acting Gijs Naber

More information

Director:

Ildikó Enyedi

Template:

Milán Füst (Novel)

Composer:

Teho Teardo

Sound Design:

Noemi Hampel

Cast:

Léa Seydoux (Lizzy)

Gijs Naber (Jakob Störr)

Louis Garrel (Dedin)

Sergio Rubini (Kodor)

Jasmine Trinca (Viola)

Luna Wedler (Grete)

Josef Hader (Mr. Blume)

Udo Samel (Mr. Voss)

Ulrich Matthes (Mr. Lange)

Romane Bohringer (Mme Lagrange)

Sandor Funtek (Tommy)

Original title:

A feleségem története

Original language:

Hungarian

Further titles:

A feleségem története

Format:

1.85:1 SD, Color

Age rating:

FSK 12

Audio language:

EnglishGerman

Audio description:

German

Subtitles:

German