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The Story of My Wife
2h 49m Drama, Romance 2019

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...

When a stoic Dutch sea captain impulsively marries the first woman to walk into a café, he’s swept into a love affair as enigmatic as the sea itself. The Story of My Wife unfolds as a lush, hypnotic journey through devotion, jealousy, and the impossibility of truly knowing another. A sumptuous meditation on love’s shifting tides and the illusions it creates.

Rialto Recommends: The Story of My Wife When a gruff Dutch sea captain wagers he’ll marry the first woman who walks into a café, fate sends him Lizzy and a romance as intoxicating as it is elusive. Lush, hypnotic, and visually sumptuous, this elegant love story drifts between passion, mystery, and melancholy on a cinematic tide.

Director

Ildikó Enyedi

Language

English

Closed Captions [CC]

English

Country

HU

Studio

Roadshow

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