

The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers
1989, French. Directed by Pascal Thomas.
In the summer holidays, a group of women stay behind in Paris whilst their husbands and children take a vacation on the sunny Island of Ré. The women – wives, frustrated spinsters and adolescents – profit from their new-found freedom to sort out their love lives and the men indulge their earthy passions with no less enthusiasm. Only the children seems capable of rising above this infantile summer madness...
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 4 January 1989
- Original title
- Les Maris, les Femmes, les Amants
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Pascal Thomas, François Caviglioli
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The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers runs 117 minutes (1h 57m).
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The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 4 January 1989. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers?
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Who directed The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers?
The Husbands, the Wives, the Lovers (1989) was directed by Pascal Thomas and stars Jean-François Stévenin, Susan Moncur, Clément Thomas.