Hustruer – ti år etter (1985)

Preceded by: Hustruer (1975)
Followed by: Hustruer III (1996)

	Directed by: Anja Breien	INTERNATIONAL TITLE Wives – Ten Years After COUNTRY Norway GENRE Drama RUNNING TIME 87 minutes
	Produced by: Bente Erichsen
	Written by: Anja Breien Knut Faldbakken

Cast includes:
CHARACTER	ACTOR/ACTRESS	RATING
Heidrun	Frøydis Armand	½
Kaja	Katja Medbøe	½
Mie	Anne Marie Ottersen	½
Ahlsen	Brasse Brännström	½
Jostein	Jon Eikemo	½
Mies Kristian	Per Frisch
Ung gutt	Christian Heian	-
Psykolog	Frank Robert	-
Jens, Kajas mann	Henrik Scheele
Kajas mor	Nøste Schwab	-
Gynekologen	Nils Vogt	-

Review

Who wouldn't like to know how Anja Breien's fascinating characters had fared during the ten years that had passed since the original Hustruer was released in 1975? Unfortunately, watching this sequel will leave you none the wiser. The screenplay, by Breien and novelist Knut Faldbakken, is bumpy, contrived and strangely uninspired. It's as if neither Breien nor the cast quite remembered what made these women appealing to the audience, and so their previous nuances and contradictions were replaced by incessant frustrations, awkward vulgarisms and a simple, subservient quest for the affection of men. The fact that the production values and cinematography also had deteriorated since 1975 doesn't help the cause either.