Gilles' Wife (2004)
Gilles' wife, Elise, who smiles when she thinks of him, cooks and scrubs and cheerfully makes love to him, suspects during her third pregnancy that he is having an affair with her coquettish younger sister, Victorine. Elise suffers, usually in silence. She listens to her husband rave; she asks her priest; she breaks picture frames; she weeps. She decides on a strategy to keep him. Will she succeed?
Director: Frédéric Fonteyne
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Emmanuelle Devos as Elisa |
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Clovis Cornillac as Gilles |
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Laura Smet as Victorine |
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Dean Constantin as Dancer Valse / Tango / Java. |
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Colette Emmanuelle as La mère d'Élisa |
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Gil Lagay as Le père d'Élisa |
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Alice Verlinden as La jumelle #1 |
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Chloé Verlinden as La jumelle #2 |
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Yoann Blanc as L'homme à la cigarette |
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Philippe Jeusette as L'ouvrier moqueur |
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Benjamin Ramon as Le jeune danseur |
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Jean-François Wolff as Le patron du café |
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Patrick Quinet as Maréchal |
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Geoffrey Magbag as Le jeune soldat |
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Virginie Saint-Martin as Marthe |
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Tim Heep as Le fils de Marthe |
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Loris Mayer as Gillou |
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Nemo Gonzalez as Gillou |
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Kayla Missavage as Gillou |
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Noah Cauchie as Gillou |
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Dylan Rua Machado as Gillou |
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Loic Martins as Gillou |
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Frédéric Fonteyne as L'ouvrier ami de Gilles |
| Directing | Frédéric Fonteyne | Director |
| Writing | Frédéric Fonteyne | Writer |
| Writing | Philippe Blasband | Writer |
| Writing | Madeleine Bourdouxhe | Novel |
| Writing | Marion Hänsel | Writer |