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2014 French film
His Wife
Poster
Directed byMichel Spinosa
Written byAgnes de Sacy
Michel Spinosa
Produced byPatrick Sobelman
Suresh Balaje
StarringYvan Attal
Janagi
Charlotte Gainsbourg
CinematographyRakesh Haridas
Edited byEwin Ryckaert
Music bySigfried
Production
companies		Diaphana Films (France)
ex nihilo
Artémis Productions
Wide Angle Productions
France 3 Cinéma
Distributed byCanal Plus
Cine Plus
Indefilms
La Banque Postale Image 6
Release dates
  • March 12, 2014 (2014-03-12)
Running time108 minutes
CountriesFrance
India
Belgium
LanguagesFrench
Tamil
English

His Wife (French: Son épouse) is a 2014 French psychological drama film directed by Michel Spinosa and starring Yvan Attal, newcomer Janagi and Charlotte Gainsbourg.

Plot

After Joseph's wife Catherine dies, he goes to a village near Pondicherry where he meets Gracie, who may be possessed by Catherine's spirit.

Cast

  • Yvan Attal as Joseph de Rosa
  • Janagi as Gracie
  • Charlotte Gainsbourg as Catherine de Rosa
  • Mahesh as Anthony
  • Laguparan as Gracie's brother
  • Corentin Lobet [fr] as police officer
  • Nirupama Nityanadan as Nandini
  • Janakiraman Jayakumar as Dr. Anand
  • Murugan Perasamy as Siluvai
  • Chandra as Gracie's mother
  • Durga as Gracie's sister
  • Jayasurya as Gracie's father
  • Jeroen Perceval [fr] as Dieter

Production

Newcomer Janagi, from a village in Nagercoil, India, made her film debut.

Release

The film premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival on 7 February 2014, after which it was released in France on 12 March 2014. His Wife was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on 27 February 2014.

Reception

Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the film is "an audacious and often impressive continent-hopping drama" and added that the film is "marked by an impressive sense of visual storytelling". Ronnie Scheib of Variety opined that "Skillful time shuffling and a compelling performance by Charlotte Gainsbourg anchor this flawed but fascinating cross-cultural drama". Jacques Mandelbaum of Le Monde stated that the film does not rise to the expected level.

References

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