The story of my wife

The story of my wife

2DCS15
Director:Ildikó Enyedi
Cast:Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber, Louis Garrel
Premiere:7. October 2021
Length:169 minutes
Genre:Romantic drama

Director: Ildikó Enyedi  •  Cast: Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber, Louis Garrel

Cannes 2021

Main Competition

While drinking, Dutch cargo ship captain Jakob Störr and his friend make a bet undertaking Jakob to marry the first woman which enters the cafe. This is how he meets a whimsical Frenchwoman Lizzy and the two get married later. It is also the beginning of a love-interwoven romance inspired by nothing less than One Thousand and One Nights tales. Life of loving and painfully honest Störr is suddenly filled with turmoils from that moment on – and we are able to grasp in a fundamental and dramatic manner the complexity, mystery, fragile beauty, and elusive, uncontrollable nature of life through his character. The new film by director Ildikó Enyedi – awarded with the Golden Bear and Academy Awards nominee for her movie On Body and Soul – is based on Milán Füst’s eponymous book. His novel was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and has also been translated into more than 20 languages.

Length: 169 min

Year: 2021
Local premiere date: 7. October 2021

Country of origin:

  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Hungary

Director: Ildikó Enyedi  •  Cast: Léa Seydoux, Gijs Naber, Louis Garrel

Cannes 2021

Main Competition

While drinking, Dutch cargo ship captain Jakob Störr and his friend make a bet undertaking Jakob to marry the first woman which enters the cafe. This is how he meets a whimsical Frenchwoman Lizzy and the two get married later. It is also the beginning of a love-interwoven romance inspired by nothing less than One Thousand and One Nights tales. Life of loving and painfully honest Störr is suddenly filled with turmoils from that moment on – and we are able to grasp in a fundamental and dramatic manner the complexity, mystery, fragile beauty, and elusive, uncontrollable nature of life through his character. The new film by director Ildikó Enyedi – awarded with the Golden Bear and Academy Awards nominee for her movie On Body and Soul – is based on Milán Füst’s eponymous book. His novel was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature and has also been translated into more than 20 languages.

Year: 2021
Local premiere date: 7. October 2021

Country of origin:

  • France
  • Germany
  • Italy
  • Hungary