The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) DVD cover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) DVD cover

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover

1989 NR 125 mins

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The wife of an borish restaurant owner and crimelord grows tiresome of her husband and considers an affair with a gentle bookselling patron. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable.
Cast Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Alan Howard, Helen Mirren, Tim Roth
Director Peter Greenaway
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Subtitles None
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Rating NR
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