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    The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

    Movie

    Poster of the movie The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover [1989]
    1989     Horror    
    2h 7min
    CountryFrance/United Kingdom
    R
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.
    Guide for parents:   Rated R in the USA.

    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.

    Directed byPeter Greenaway
    Written byPeter Greenaway
    CompanyMiramaxMiramaxMiramax

    Starring

    Michael Gambon
    Helen Mirren
    Tim Roth
    Ciarán Hinds
    Alex Kingston
    Richard Bohringer
    Alan Howard
    Gary Olsen
    Ewan Stewart
    Roger Ashton-Griffiths
    Ron Cook
    Liz Smith
    Emer Gillespie
    Janet Henfrey
    Arnie Breeveld
    Tony Alleff
    Paul Russell
    Ian Sears
    Willie Ross
    Ian Dury
    Diane Langton
    Prudence Oliver
    Roger Lloyd Pack
    Bob Goody
    Peter Rush

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