A film by Ildikó Enyedi. "The Story Of My Wife" celebrated its world premiere in competition at Cannes Film Festival 2021

Year  2021

Length: 169 min

Format:   1:1,85

Country of production  GER, FRA, ITA, HUN

Synopsis

Jakob Störr, a Dutch hardened sea captain, makes a bet in a café to marry the first woman who enters the place. And then Lizzy walks in …
Based on the novel by Milán Füst.

Production

A production of Inforg-M&M Film (Hungary), Komplizen Film (Germany), Palosanto Films (Italy) in association with Pyramide Productions (France); In co-production with Rai Cinema (Italy), WDR/Arte, Arte France Cinéma, Arte G.E.I.E.; Funded by National Film Institute – Hungary, Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e der il Turismo, Eurimages, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, Filmförderungsanstalt, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Malta Film Commission and The Government Of Malta, Creative Europe Media, RTL Klub, Dorje Film

Cast

Lizzy

Léa Seydoux

Jacob Störr

Gijs Naber

Dedin

Louis Garre

Kodor

Sergio Rubini

Viola

Jasmine Trinca

Grete

Luna Wedler

Herr Blume

Josef Hader

Psychiater

Ulrich Matthes

Privatdetektiv

Udo Samel

Team

Written and directed by

Ildikó Enyedi

Director of Photography

Marcell Rév

Editing

Károly Szalai (H.S.E.)

Production Design

Imola Lán

Costume Design

Andrea Flesch

Make Up

Barbara Kreuzer

Casting

Irma Ascher

Nina Haun

Lilia Trapani Hartmann

Original Sound

Stefano Campus

Original Music

Ádám Balázs

Re-Recording Mix

Matthias Schwab

Sound Design

Noemi Hampel

Producers

Monika Mécs, Erno Mésterhazy, András Muhi (Inforg - M&M Film)

Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade (Komplizen Film)

Flaminio Zadra, Pilar Saavedra Perrotta, Alberto Fanni (Palosanto Films)

Stéphane Parthenay, Francis Boespflug, Robin Boespflug-Vonier (Pyramide Productions)

Festivals

Cannes Film Festival 2021

Wettbewerb

Toronto International Film Festival 2021

Special Presentations

Filmfest Hamburg 2021

Kaleidoskop

Sao Paulo IFF 2021

Sydney Film festival 2021

Camerimage 2021

Lisbon & Estoril Film Festival 2021

Tallinn Black Nights Film festival 2021

Seville European Film Festival 2021

IFF of India 2021

New Horizons 2021

Transilvania IFF 2022

Istanbul IFF 2022

Göteborg Film Festival 2022

Athens IFF 2022

Hong Kong IFF 2022

Palm Springs IFF 2022

IFF of Karela 2022

Distribution