The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-04-06

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, France

Runtime:

124 min

Rated:

NC-17

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (25138 Reviews)

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Genres:

Crime Drama Romance

Cast:

Richard Bohringer Michael Gambon Helen Mirren Alan Howard

Writer:

Peter Greenaway

Fullplot:

The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.

Comments:

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By:

Podrick Payne

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