简介："Thesubjectof"Wives"isthatofthosewhohereconsiderthemselvesasubject-race:women.ItisaNorwegianfilmthatmakesitspointsfarmoreeffectivelyonbehalfofthatdowntroddenspecies-thefilm'ssuggestion,notmine-becauseitcanaffordtojokeaboutitsideas....Anditalsoseethatmen,too,havetheirproblemsinthewaysocietyseesthemartialstate. Thestorybeginswithaclassreunionandendswiththefeelingthatithasalsoexaminedtheunionthatbindsandpolarisesbothsexes.Itcuriousmixtureoffrivolityandseriousnessdoesn'talwayswork,butitiscertainlythebesthilmihaveyetseenonthesubjectofWomen'sLib. Thewomandirector,AnjaBreien,hadfollowedtheprogressofthreegirl-friendswho,afterthereunion,decidedtogoonaspree.Theyaredelightfullydifferentiatedandutterlylikeable.Mie,whoseclowningdisguiseshervulnerability;Katjahidingheridentitybehindpregnancies;Heidrun,theproletarianwhoistooeasilyswayedbyemotion.....Itisacaringfilm,notonlyaboutitscharactersbutaboutpeopleaspeople." (TomHutchinson,SundayTelegraph)…