The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Name: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1990-04-06
Duration: 2 h 4 min
Rating: 7.60
Cast: Alan Howard, Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren

– The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between me..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.60 / 10

Duration:

2 Hours and 4 Minutes

Release Year:

1989

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

The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.

Styles:

Art House, Erotic, Sexual, Surreal, Dark Humor, Talky, Clever, Thought Provoking, Stylized, Atmospheric

Story Timeline:

Future, 20th Century

Producing Country:

Netherlands, UK, France

Genre:

Crime, Drama

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

Release Date:

06 Apr 1990

Language:

English, French, Dutch

MPAA Content-Rating:

NC-17 – Adults Only

No One 17 and Under Admitted. Clearly adult. Children are not admitted.

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Writer:

Peter Greenaway

Main Actors:

Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard

Plot:

Awards:

7 wins & 10 nominations.

Production:

Trimark

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.6/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

87%

Metacritic:

62%

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

– The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between me..

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

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