THE WIFE 仁妻 (2017)

1) The Wife (2017) Bluray (Region A) 2019 

(Widescreen, AC-3, Dubbed, Subtitled)

For nearly half a century, Joan Castleman (Glenn Close) subsumed both personal literary aspirations and pride to give willing support to her overbearing and philandering novelist husband Joe (Jonathan Pryce). However, when he received the career capstone of the Nobel Prize for Literature, their journey to Stockholm might set the stage for her to publicly pop his pretensions. Telling take on the Meg Wolitzer novel co-stars Max Irons, Christian Slater, Elizabeth McGovern, Annie Starke, Harry Lloyd. 100 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.

Director: Björn Runge 
Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd
Language: English
Subtitles: Hungarian, Czech, Slovene, Romanian, Bulgarian, Croatian, English, Polish, French, Serbian, Spanish, Slovak
Region Code: All Regions
Release Date: 29 Jan 2019

2) The Wife (2017) DVD (Region 1) 2019

(Widescreen, AC-3, Subtitled, Dubbed)

After nearly forty years of marriage, JOAN and JOE CASTLEMAN (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce) are complements. Where Joe is casual, Joan is elegant. Where Joe is vain, Joan is self-effacing. And where Joe enjoys his very public role as Great American Novelist, Joan pours her considerable intellect, grace, charm, and diplomacy into the private role of Great Man's Wife. Joe is about to be awarded the Nobel Prize for his acclaimed and prolific body of work. Joe's literary star has blazed since he and Joan first met in the late 1950s. THE WIFE interweaves the story of the couple's youthful passion and ambition with a portrait of a marriage thirty plus years later, with a lifetime’s shared compromises.

Director: Björn Runge
Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd
Language: English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 29 Jan 2019

3) The Wife (2017) DVD (Region 3) 2019

Behind any great man, there’s always a greater woman… and you’re about to meet her. It is crucial you get to know this woman – many of us already do and don’t even realise it. Joan Castleman (Glenn Close): a still-striking beauty with impeccable credentials, the perfect alpha 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. Ignoring his infidelities and excuses because of his “art” with grace and humour. Their fateful pact has built a marriage upon uneven compromises. And Joan’s reached her breaking point. On the eve of Joe’s Nobel Prize for Literature, the crown jewel in a spectacular body of work, Joan’s coup de grâce is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career.

She’s written every word. The Wife is a poignant, funny and emotional journey; a celebration of womanhood, self-discovery and liberation. 

Director: Björn Runge
Cast: Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Harry Lloyd
Language: English
Subtitles: Traditional Chinese
Region Code: 3
Release Date: 27 Nov 2019

4) The Wife: A Novel Mass Market Paperback (Book)

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING GLENN CLOSE A husband. A wife. A secret.

Behind any great man, there's always a greater woman. Joe and Joan Castleman are on an aeroplane, 35,000 feet above the ocean. Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he is about to receive and Joan is plotting how to leave him.

For too long Joan has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, subjugating her own talents and quietly being the keystone of his success. The Wife is an acerbic and astonishing take on a marriage from its public face to the private world behind closed doors. Wolitzer has masterfully created an expose of lives lived in partnership and the truth that behind the compromises, dedication and promise inherent in marriage there so often lies a secret...

`A triumph of tone and observation, The Wife is a blithe, brilliant take on sexual politics' Lorrie Moore