NC-17The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

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Play Time: 124 mins
Crime, Drama
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

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)
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
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
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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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