Some news for a forthcoming release starring Lena Olin and screen legend Bruce Dern. The Artist’s Wife will be released in the UK and Ireland through Vertigo on 30th April. Our press release states that the film is currently slated for both a cinema and digital release on that date.
Claire (Lena Olin) lives a quiet domestic life in the Hamptons as the wife of celebrated artist Richard Smythson (Bruce Dern). Once a promising painter herself, Claire now lives in the shadow of her husband’s illustrious career. While preparing work for his final show, Richard’s moods become increasingly erratic, and he is diagnosed with dementia. As his memory and behavior deteriorate, she shields his condition from the art community while trying to reconnect him with his estranged daughter and grandson from a previous marriage. Challenged by the loss of her world as she knew it, Claire must now decide whether to stand with Richard on the sidelines or step into the spotlight herself.
Tom Dolby directs from a screenplay he wrote with Nicole Brending and Abdi Nazemian.
Check out the trailer below.
