The Wife (Sony Pictures Classics) Stars: Glenn Close, Christian Slater, Max Irons, Elizabeth McGovern R | 1h 40min | Drama | 17 August 2018 (USA) A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature. Director: Björn Runge Writers: Jane Anderson (screenplay), Meg Wolitzer (novel)