The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Name: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Released: 1989
Duration: 124 min
Rating: 79.24305555555556
Cast: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth

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79%

Drama / Crime

UK / France / Netherlands, 1989, 124 min (Alternative: 120 min)

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The Cook serves up gourmet masterpieces in a beautiful restaurant. The thief holds his tyrannical court in the restaurant, terrorising all around him. His wife has a dangerous and illicit passion. Her lover is having the riskiest affair of his life. Peter Greenaway's notorious film is a modern day revenger's tragedy spiked with comedy. (Umbrella Entertainment)

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