A Zed & Two Noughts

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Directed by

Peter Greenaway

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Andréa Ferréol
Alba Bewick

Brian Deacon
Oswald Deuce

Frances Barber
Venus de Milo

Joss Ackland
Van Hoyten

Jim Davidson
Joshua Plate

Guusje van Tilborgh
Caterina Bolnes

Ken Campbell
Stephen Pipe

Wolf Kahler
Felipe Arc-en-Ciel

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Two women passengers die in a car crash as a result of which the female driver has a leg amputated. The zoologist twin husbands of the dead women are fascinated by the processes of decay, start an affair with the amputee and liberate animals from a zoo. This provocative, funny and stylish film is also a tribute to Vermeer and an exploration of the trauma of loss, man's relationship with animals and the attraction of lists. Cinematography is by Frenchman Sacha Vierny and the score is by Michael Nyman.

Release date: 25 May 1990
UPC: 720917519524

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