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:
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

Status: Released (1989-10-13)
Awards:7 wins & 11 nominations
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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