March 9, 2021
The Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “The Artist’s Wife” beginning March 12.
Starting Friday, March 12, the Rehoboth Beach Film Society’s Cinema Art Theater will present “The Artist’s Wife,” a moving drama about a couple coping with the husband and renowned artist’s disease.
Claire (played by Lena Olin), the wife of famed artist Richard Smythson (played by Bruce Dern) and once a promising painter herself, now lives in the shadow of her husband s illustrious career. While preparing work for a new exhibition, Richard is diagnosed with dementia. As Richard s memories and moods become lost and erratic, Claire attempts to shield his illness from the art community while trying to reconnect him with his estranged daughter and grandson. Claire, who has taken up painting once again, must decide whether to stand with her husband in the shadows or step into the spotlight herself.