THE STORY OF MY WIFE

STORIA DI MIA MOGLIE

By Ildikó ENYEDI

ALTRE STORIE - as DISTR Theatrical, ITALY

Drama - Completed 2019

Jacob Störr, a sea captain, makes a bet in a café with a friend, to marry the first woman who enters the place. And in walks Lizzy. Based on the novel 'The Story of My Wife' by Milán Füst, directed by Ildikó Enyedi, Golden Bear in Berlin and Camera d'or in Cannes.

Festivals
& Awards

Cannes Festival 2021
Official Selection
    • Year of production
    • 2019
    • Genres
    • Drama, Romance
    • Countries
    • GERMANY, HUNGARY, ITALY
    • Duration
    • 169 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Ildikó ENYEDI
    • Writer(s)
    • Ildikó ENYEDI
    • Producer(s)
    • Inforg M&M FILM (Inforg - M&M film), Palosanto FILMS (Palosanto Films), Rai CINEMA (Rai Cinema ), Komplizen FILM (Komplizen Film), National Film Institute HUNGARY (National Film Institute Hungary), Pyramide PRODUCTION (Pyramide Production), Ministero Della Cultura DIREZIONE GENERALE CINEMA E AUDIOVISIVO (Ministero della Cultura – Direzione generale cinema e audiovisivo), Eurimages - (Eurimages), Regione Lazio FONDO REGIONALE PER IL CINEMA E L’AUDIOVISIVO (Regione Lazio – Fondo regionale per il cinema e l’audiovisivo), Dff DFF (DFF), Filmförderung Hamburg SCHLESWIG - HOLSTEIN (Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig - Holstein), Filmförderungsanstalt - (Filmförderungsanstalt), Medienboard BERLIN BRANDENBURG (Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg), Malta Film Commission AND THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA (Malta Film Commission and The Government of Malta), Creative EUROPE MEDIA (Creative Europe Media), Rtl KLUB (RTL Klub), Dorje FILM (Dorje Film), Wdr/ ARTE (WDR/ARTE), Arte FRANCE CINEMA (ARTE France Cinema)
    • Synopsis
    • The Twenties. Störr is a tireless sea captain, dedicated to his work and respected by all. One day, while he is in a bar with a friend, he makes a bet with him that he will marry the first woman who enters the cafeteria. That's how Jacob meets Lizzy, his future wife. A simple bet, made almost for fun, will change Captain Störr's simple and disciplined life forever. From the bridges of command, he suddenly finds himself with Lizzy in a nice apartment in Paris, despite not knowing much about his mysterious wife. The new married life, however, proves to be more complicated than expected. Captain Störr's peace of mind is shaken by the increasingly obsessive search to understand an elusive woman who doesn't let anyone tell her how to live. Based on the novel 'The Story of My Wife' by Milán Füst.