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* ObliviousToTheirOwnDescription: Joe tells his son Max that the couple in his short story (an insufferable blowhard and silently suffering wife) are a bit of a cliche. Joan, at least, seem to realize that they're based on her and Joe.

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* ObliviousToTheirOwnDescription: Joe tells his son Max that the couple in his Max's short story (an insufferable blowhard and silently suffering wife) are a bit of a cliche. Joan, at least, seem to realize that they're based on her and Joe.

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The supporting cast includes Creator/ChristianSlater, Creator/ElizabethMcGovern, Creator/HarryLloyd, Max Irons, and Annie Starke.
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''The Wife'' is a 2018 film starring Creator/GlennClose as the overlooked wife of a world-renowned, Nobel Prize-winning novelist (Creator/JonathanPryce).

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''The Wife'' is a 2018 film starring Creator/GlennClose as drama film, [[TheFilmOfTheBook adapted from]] the 2003 novel by Meg Wolitzer and directed by Björn Runge, about the overlooked wife (Creator/GlennClose) of a world-renowned, Nobel Prize-winning novelist (Creator/JonathanPryce).






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* YourCheatingHeart: Joe has had multiple affairs over the course of their marriage.
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''The Wife'' is a 2018 film starring Creator/GlennClose as the overlooked wife of a world-renowned, Nobel Prize-winning novelist.

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''The Wife'' is a 2018 film starring Creator/GlennClose as the overlooked wife of a world-renowned, Nobel Prize-winning novelist.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Joe has had multiple affairs over the course of their marriage.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Joe has had multiple affairs over the course of their marriage.marriage.
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* {[Foreshadowing}}: Joe doesn't recognize the name of one of his own characters.

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* {[Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}: Joe doesn't recognize the name of one of his own characters.
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''The Wife'' is a 2018 film starring Creator/GlennClose as the overlooked wife of a world-renowned, Nobel Prize-winning novelist.

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!!Tropes found in ''The Wife'':

* {[Foreshadowing}}: Joe doesn't recognize the name of one of his own characters.
* ObliviousToTheirOwnDescription: Joe tells his son Max that the couple in his short story (an insufferable blowhard and silently suffering wife) are a bit of a cliche. Joan, at least, seem to realize that they're based on her and Joe.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:All of Joe's work was ghost-written by Joan.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Joe has had multiple affairs over the course of their marriage.

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