DVD Film - Gilles' Wife
Frederic Fonteyne's sensitively done film is adapted from a novel by Madeleine Bourdouxhe. And it features a standout performance by Emmanuelle Devos.
Devos plays Elisa, a woman who is happy to just be a wife and mother. She has twin girls and she is expecting another child. Her husband Gilles ( Clovis Cornillac) has a very active sex drive and pregnant Elisa isn't always in the mood. Gilles starts acting strange and Elisa becomes suspicious. She soon finds out that he is having an affair with her sister Victorie (Laura Smet). Most women would toss Gilles out but Elisa lets him talk out his feelings because this is the only way she can keep him.
The film is told from Elisa's perspective and this is her voyage. Devos has a wonderfully expressive face and you can tell what her character is thinking just by looking into her eyes. Cornillac and Smet are also very good in their roles. After everything that has happened the ending is quite a shock - or maybe it isn't. I do recommend Gilles' Wife to anyone who likes thought provoking films.
Devos plays Elisa, a woman who is happy to just be a wife and mother. She has twin girls and she is expecting another child. Her husband Gilles ( Clovis Cornillac) has a very active sex drive and pregnant Elisa isn't always in the mood. Gilles starts acting strange and Elisa becomes suspicious. She soon finds out that he is having an affair with her sister Victorie (Laura Smet). Most women would toss Gilles out but Elisa lets him talk out his feelings because this is the only way she can keep him.
The film is told from Elisa's perspective and this is her voyage. Devos has a wonderfully expressive face and you can tell what her character is thinking just by looking into her eyes. Cornillac and Smet are also very good in their roles. After everything that has happened the ending is quite a shock - or maybe it isn't. I do recommend Gilles' Wife to anyone who likes thought provoking films.
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