The Aviator's Wife

The Aviator's Wife
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLa Femme de l'aviateur
Directed byÉric Rohmer
Written byÉric Rohmer
Produced byMargaret Ménégoz
Starring
CinematographyBernard Lutic
Edited byCécile Decugis
Music byGeorges Prat
Production
company
Distributed byGaumont Distribution
Release date
  • 4 March 1981 (1981-03-04) (France)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$835,000

The Aviator's Wife (French: La Femme de l'aviateur) is a 1981 French romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Éric Rohmer. The film stars Philippe Marlaud, Marie Rivière and Anne-Laure Meury. Like many of Rohmer's films, it deals with the ever-evolving love lives of a group of young Parisians.

The film is the first instalment in Rohmer's "Comedies & Proverbs" series—a collection of six films the director made during the 1980s. Each of these films begins with a proverb, in the case of The Aviator's Wife this is: "On ne saurait penser à rien" or "It is impossible to think about nothing".