Anne-Marie lives an easy life with Gilbert, a rich plastic surgeon: a beautiful house, a doggy, a cleaning lady, expensive furniture, the lot. Not so easy in fact when she thinks twice. She does not get on with her husband any longer. She gets on his nerves and he does not attract her any longer. She feels good only when she jogs on the beach and ... when she is the arms of her lover, Leo. One day, Gilbert gets killed in a car accident. Good news, since she will be able to live with Leo. The trouble is her well-meaning family settle at her villa with a view to supporting the "poor widow" morally. Anne-Marie just cannot admit she is not distressed at all, especially to her son Christophe. She is now even more of a prisoner than when Gilbert was alive...
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Cast
15 people
Michèle Laroque
Anne-Marie
Known for
Tenor
Honeymoon Crasher
Jacques Gamblin
Léo
Known for
The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
The Names of Love
Wladimir Yordanoff
Gilbert
Known for
OSS 117: From Africa with Love
An Officer and a Spy
Tom Morton
Christophe
Known for
I Will Find You
The Substance
Valérie Mairesse
Nicole
Known for
Banzaï
Umbrella Coup
Claire Nadeau
Viviane
Known for
The Tuche Family
The Visitors II: The Corridors of Time
Éva Darlan
Catherine
Known for
Employee of the Month
You Are So Beautiful
Paul Crauchet
Gaby
Known for
Le Cercle Rouge
Army of Shadows
Michel Lagueyrie
Michel
Known for
La Belle Verte
Conversations with My Gardener
Agnès Boury
Madame Jobert
Known for
You Are So Beautiful
Just an Illusion
Caroline Raynaud
Alexia
Known for
Project Ithaca
Choukri Gabteni
Saadi
Known for
La Haine
You Are So Beautiful
Isabelle Mergault Director · Étienne Perruchon Composer Laurent Marimbert Composer
Worldwide gross $23M · Budget $7.6M · United States release January 16, 2008
Box office
Budget
$7,600,000
Worldwide gross
$22,872,698
Gross vs. budget
3.0×
Production
Gaumont
Production · Studio
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Enfin veuve
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 1, 2007
Theatrical
United States · January 16, 2008
Theatrical
Belgium
January 16, 2008 · Theatrical
Germany
February 5, 2009 · Theatrical
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