
The Wife(2017)
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.


“He read her story. Then he became part of it.”
A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student.

Stanley Tucci
Ted Swenson

Addison Timlin
Angela Argo

Kyra Sedgwick
Sherrie Swenson

Janeane Garofalo
Magda Moynahan

Ritchie Coster
Dean Bentham

Colby Minifie
Ruby Swenson

Alison Bartlett
Angela's Mother

David Pittu
Bernard Levy

Henry Stram
Dave Sterret

Stephanie Berry
Arlene Shurley
Submission is a drama film released in 2018 exploring themes of infidelity, based on novel or book, writing, teacher student relationship, college student, college professor. Directed by Richard Levine, it stars Stanley Tucci, Addison Timlin, Kyra Sedgwick. A well-respected professor who is a celebrated novelist and loving husband loses himself when he becomes obsessed with an ambitious and talented student.
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