A mildly amusing slice of the life portrait of a Parisian couple, Charlotte and her husband Yvan. She enjoys major celebrity as an actress. He is a sportswriter and regular guy. When autograph seekers are intrusive at dinner, he is annoyed. However he is not above avoiding traffic tickets when the cops are starstruck by his famous wife. One day an acquaintance of his sister confronts Ivan about how he feels watching his wife have sex with men in the movies. He is furious at the question but the thought begins to nag him.

As Charlotte begins work on a new film, opposite notorious ladies man John (Terrance Stamp), Yvan becomes more and more distressed over the idea. He goes to London to visit his wife on the set where the movie director has accommodated an unusual request from Charlotte. Yvan gets quite an amusing (for us) surprise that escalates the growing tension between them. Charlotte is more than a little in awe of the infamous John and hurt by Yvan's suspicion. Stamp is primarily a delicious prop and with his honey-gravel voice, plays it to perfection. Ivan tries an acting class to understand the process and gains a little insight about Charlotte's work as an actress. In one brief but interesting scene, we see Charlotte's face as she is making love, but we're not sure if she is acting or with her husband. An absurd speculation in either case¾she is, of course, acting.

Somewhat predictable and the product placement is a bit annoying, but performances of real life husband and wife Yvan Attal and Charlotte Gainsbourg have the chemistry to carry the limited story. The side-plot about Yvan's pregnant sister debating with her husband over whether to circumcise or not became tiresome after a while. An instance where less would have been more. A pleasing jazzy score moves the story nicely and is not there when it shouldn't be. An appealing visual style gives us Paris and London, trains coming and going, conveying Yvan's increasing anxiety as he works himself into a tizzy over nothing. Actor, writer, director and star Yvan Attal spends too much time setting up so that there is little doubt about where this film is going. Even so, My Wife is an Actress is more than adequate lightweight entertainment.

Charlotte Gainsbourg: Charlotte	Yvan Attal: Yvan
Terence Stamp: John	Noémie Lvovsky: Nathalie
Directed by: Yvan Attal