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Gilles? Wife (La Femme de Gilles)- France ? 2005 ? Miami Premiere ? 103 min. Directed by: Frederic Fonteyne Set in the 1930s, Gilles? Wife is a haunting tale of love and betrayal in a small mining town on the outskirts of France. A startling new film from director Frederic Fonteyne (Une Liaison Pornographique), and featuring an extraordinary performance from Emmanuelle Devos (Kings and Queen, The Beat that My Heart Skipped), it tells the story of Elisa, a devoted wife who begins to suspect her husband Gilles is having an affair with her younger sister. Determined to save her marriage, Elisa undertakes a strange and disquieting battle to recover what she has lost, and to become once again, Gilles? wife. ?A French import with sex at its core?Director Frederic Fonteyne relates the obsession over the course of a year with a keen cinematic eye for visual storytelling.? ?Stephen Garrett, Filmmaker Magazine ?A beautifully observed, emotionally intense tale. Devos and Cornillac are devastatingly spot-on.? ?Lisa Nesselson, Variety