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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)

13/10/1989 (FR)Crime, Drama2h 4m
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Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!

Overview

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

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Richard Bohringer

      Richard Bohringer

      Richard Boarst

    2. Michael Gambon

      Michael Gambon

      Albert Spica

    3. Helen Mirren

      Helen Mirren

      Georgina Spica

    4. Alan Howard

      Alan Howard

      Michael

    5. Tim Roth

      Tim Roth

      Mitchel

    6. Ciarán Hinds

      Ciarán Hinds

      Cory

    7. Liz Smith

      Liz Smith

      Grace

    8. Gary Olsen

      Gary Olsen

      Spangler

    9. Ewan Stewart

      Ewan Stewart

      Harris

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    A review by talisencrw

    9.0
    Written by talisencrw on May 2, 2016

    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 she displayed in Michael Powell's 'Age of Consent', through the remarkably absurd and audacious 'Caligula', straight to the sophisticated and very dangerous gorgeousness displayed in 'The Comfort of Strangers'. It's great to see any dude who's mean to a beautiful woman get their comeuppance (particularly the we...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

    Budget$2,300,000.00

    Revenue$7,724,701.00

    Keywords

    • sadism
    • sexuality
    • allegory
    • cooking
    • restaurant
    • crime boss
    • satire
    • surrealism
    • sociopath
    • murder
    • brutality
    • avant-garde
    • public humiliation
    • stray dog
    • abusive husband
    • french cuisine
    • adulterous wife
    • cannibalism
    • violence