Plot
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. 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 grace is to confront the biggest sacrifice of her life and secret of his career.
Written by
Jane Anderson, Meg Wolitzer
Directed by
Björn Runge
Crew
Production Countries
United States of America, United Kingdom, Sweden
Production Companies
Tempo Productions, Creative Scotland, Embankment Films, Film i Väst, Meta Film, Anonymous Content
Languages
svenska, English
Awards
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 19 wins & 30 nominations total