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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Directed by Peter Greenaway
“Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!”
Crime, Drama · 2h 04m
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael. Despite their best efforts to keep it secret, Spica learns about their trysts, and he plots a terrible revenge.
Cast
Michael Gambon
Richard Bohringer
Helen Mirren
Alan Howard
Tim Roth
Ciarán Hinds
Liz Smith
Gary Olsen
Ewan Stewart
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Ian Dury
Crew
- Director
- Peter Greenaway
- Screenplay
- Peter Greenaway
- Director of Photography
- Sacha Vierny
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Nyman
- Editor
- John Wilson
- Producer
- Kees Kasander
Details
- Release date
- 1989-10-13
- Runtime
- 2h 04m
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- France, United Kingdom, Netherlands
- Production
- Allarts, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Erato Films, Films
- Budget
- $2,300,000
- Box office
- $7,724,701