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


The Cook, the Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover
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7.3 IMDB rating
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Richard Bohringer

Richard Bohringer

Richard Borst
Michael Gambon

Michael Gambon

Albert Spica
Helen Mirren

Helen Mirren

Georgina Spica
Alan Howard

Alan Howard

Michael
Tim Roth

Tim Roth

Mitchel
Gary Olsen

Gary Olsen

Spangler
Ewan Stewart

Ewan Stewart

Harris


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Description: 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 ... (more)
Release date : 6 April 1990
UPC: 013131139198
Drama (8), UK (7), 1980s (6), 1989 (6), France (5), Food (5), Cannibalism (4), Sex (3), Murder (3), Crime (3), Classy (3), Thief (2), Gangster (2), Satire (2), Comedy (2), (2), Spiritual Cinema (1), Strange Person (1), Public Humiliation (1), Child In Peril (1)
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"Watched on DVD on February 28th. This film blew me away with its uncompromising style and singular use of colour and set design. Michael Gambon is terrifying in the lead role, while Helen Mirren's performance is subtle and relies on her expressions and sheer physicality. The soundtrack is very powerful. It works perfectly with the film's images and its general structure, and towards the end of the film it acquires a great deal of emotional weight. Anyone who is looking for a film that is tr"


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