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My Wife Is an Actress

Original title: Ma femme est une actrice
  • 20012001
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  • 1h 35m
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6.4/10
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Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
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A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems in their relationship. This is a story ab... Read allA "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems in their relationship. This is a story about trust and a comedy about the actions between men and women.A "normal" guy who is married to a hot actress gets worried that she is involved with her costar. This worry turns into jealousy and causes problems in their relationship. This is a story about trust and a comedy about the actions between men and women.

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3.6K
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  • Director
    • Yvan Attal
  • Writer
    • Yvan Attal
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Gainsbourg
    • Yvan Attal
    • Terence Stamp
Top credits
  • Director
    • Yvan Attal
  • Writer
    • Yvan Attal
  • Stars
    • Charlotte Gainsbourg
    • Yvan Attal
    • Terence Stamp
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    • 30User reviews
    • 43Critic reviews
    • 57Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 2 nominations

    Videos2

    Bande-annonce [OV]
    Trailer 1:22
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    My Wife is an Actress
    Trailer 1:27
    My Wife is an Actress

    Photos15

    Terence Stamp and Charlotte Gainsbourg in Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
    Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal in Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
    Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal in Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
    Yvan Attal in Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
    Charlotte Gainsbourg and Yvan Attal in Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
    Yvan Attal and Laurent Bateau in Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
    Charlotte Gainsbourg in Ma femme est une actrice (2001)
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    Charlotte Gainsbourg
    Charlotte Gainsbourg
    • Charlotteas Charlotte
    Yvan Attal
    Yvan Attal
    • Yvanas Yvan
    Terence Stamp
    Terence Stamp
    • Johnas John
    Noémie Lvovsky
    Noémie Lvovsky
    • Nathalieas Nathalie
    Laurent Bateau
    • Vincentas Vincent
    Keith Allen
    Keith Allen
    • Davidas David
    Jo McInnes
    • L'assistanteas L'assistante
    Ludivine Sagnier
    Ludivine Sagnier
    • Géraldineas Géraldine
    Lionel Abelanski
    Lionel Abelanski
    • Georgesas Georges
    Valérie Leboutte
    • La jeune femme sexyas La jeune femme sexy
    Annette Hazanavicius
    • La mère d'Yvanas La mère d'Yvan
    Jean Abelanski
    • Le père d'Yvanas Le père d'Yvan
    Marie Denarnaud
    Marie Denarnaud
    • Coletteas Colette
    Jean-Rachid Kallouche
    • Blaiseas Blaise
    • (as Jean Rachid)
    Céline Cuignet
    • Lisetteas Lisette
    • (as Cécine Cuignet)
    Pascal Rénéric
    • Merlinas Merlin
    Edith Perret
    • Le professeur de théâtreas Le professeur de théâtre
    Aurélie Babled
    • Fille grimacesas Fille grimaces
    • Director
      • Yvan Attal
    • Writer
      • Yvan Attal
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    Storyline

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    Paris can boast a population of 2,125,246. Of these 1,153,000 are women and 10,000 are actresses. Yvan, a young sports writer, is married to one who is very well known - Charlotte. They try to live a normal life, but her fame makes it difficult - autograph hunters interrupt their dinners, cops about to serve traffic summonses let them off with a warning and a smile when they recognize her, and impossible-to-get restaurant reservations magically appear when Charlotte makes the calls instead of Yvan. All this threatens and challenges his male ego, but Yvan is able to take her stardom in stride. Until, that is, a man at a bar asks him if he gets jealous watching his wife make love in the nude to another man on screen. It has never seriously bothered him before, but the stranger sows the first seed of doubt in his head... —Sujit R. Varma
    • prostitute
    • unfaithfulness
    • infidelity
    • fellatio
    • extramarital affair
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    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Drama
      • Romance
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for language and nudity/sexuality
    • Parents guide

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    • Quotes

      Yvan: My name is Yvan. I'm 35, a sports reporter. I'm either in a stadium, or here, the news room of Info Sport TV. My chances of meeting an actress were 12 to 1. When I met Charlotte, I saw only her. Now I realize living with an actress is a crazy thing.

    • Connections
      Edited from I Got a Woman (1997)
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      London Calling
      Written by Joe Strummer and Mick Jones

      Performed by The Clash

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    Review
    Top review
    A delight!
    I'm not familiar with French films, but I purposely bought this film because I am a long-time fan of Terence Stamp. And as always I am never disappointed in his presence on the screen. Ivan Attal was hilarious as the jealous husband -a very talented, animated actor. Charlotte did a fine job, but seemed low energy or bored most of the time. The attraction between Charlotte and Terence was laughable. I caught that amusement in Terence's behavior whenever he was around her -he really couldn't care less, could he, but why not try? His lack of enthusiasm was evident when he approached Charlotte's assistant with: "Well, what are YOU doing tonight?"

    At the end of the "I'm pregnant!" scene, I wanted to know: Whose baby?
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    6
    • fanaticita
    • May 15, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 14, 2001 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Languages
      • French
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Benim karım artist
    • Filming locations
      • London, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Canal+
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
      • Katharina
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • FRF 30,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,121,233
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $49,204
      • Jul 14, 2002
    • Gross worldwide
      • $5,169,438
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 35 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
      • DTS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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