Overview:
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.| Status: | Released (1989-10-13) |
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| Awards: | 7 wins & 11 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $7,724,701 |
| Screen: | Peter Greenaway |
| Productions: | Allarts, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Cook, Erato Films, Film4 Productions, Erbograph Co. |
| Production Countries: | France, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 5658: Michael Gambon - Albert Spica
- 1977: Richard Bohringer - Richard Boarst
- 15735: Helen Mirren - Georgina Spica
- 1367: Alan Howard - Michael
- 3129: Tim Roth - Mitchel
- 8785: Ciarán Hinds - Cory
- 7320: Liz Smith - Grace
Crews
- 30309: Peter Greenaway - Director - Directing
- 476: John Wilson - Editor - Editing
- 51919: Kees Kasander - Producer - Production
- 10759: Michael Nyman - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 23580: Sharon Howard-Field - Casting - Production
- 1621065: Gerrit Martijn - First Assistant Director - Directing
- 1389212: Julian Rodd - First Assistant Editor - Editing
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Having previously watched Greenaway's 'Prospero's Books', basically from the same era, one definitely gets a sense of the auteur, of great visualizing prowess in the Welsh native. I adore watching Helen Mirren from ANY era, but particularly here, in between the young adulthood beauty ....
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