The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Crime
Drama
7.3 (648 votes)
2h 4m
Overview
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Details
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Writer
- Peter Greenaway
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $2,300,000
Cast
Alan Howard
Ciarán Hinds
Ewan Stewart
Gary Olsen
Helen Mirren
Liz Smith
Michael Gambon
Richard Bohringer
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Tim Roth
Keywords
abusive husband
adulterous wife
allegory
avant-garde
brutality
cannibalism
cooking
crime boss
french cuisine
murder
public humiliation
restaurant
sadism
satire
sexuality
sociopath
stray dog
surrealism
violence
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