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

Movie Details

Original Title The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Original Language EN

Budget $2,300,000

Revenue $7,724,701

Status Released

Popularity 2.3

Cast

Richard Bohringer

Richard Boarst

Popularity: 10.5

Michael Gambon

Albert Spica

Popularity: 1.4

Helen Mirren

Georgina Spica

Popularity: 3.7

Alan Howard

Michael

Popularity: 2.5

Tim Roth

Mitchel

Popularity: 2.7

Ciarán Hinds

Cory

Popularity: 12.7

Liz Smith

Grace

Popularity: 11.4

Gary Olsen

Spangler

Popularity: 1.6

Ewan Stewart

Harris

Popularity: 10.5

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Turpin

Popularity: 1.2

Ian Dury

Terry Fitch

Popularity: 0.9

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Diane Langton

May Fitch

Popularity: 4.6

Key Crew

Producer Kees Kasander

Editor John Wilson

Director Peter Greenaway

Screenplay Peter Greenaway

Production

Allarts

Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer

Allarts Cook

Erato Films

Film4 Productions

Erbograph Co.

Videos & Trailers

Steve Pemberton on The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover | BFI

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Keywords

sadism sexuality allegory cooking restaurant crime boss satire surrealism sociopath murder brutality avant-garde public humiliation stray dog abusive husband french cuisine adulterous wife cannibalism violence

Reviews from TMDB

talisencrw 9/10

May 2, 2016

Having previously watched Greenaway's 'Prospero's Books', basically from the same era, one definitely gets a sense of the auteur, of great visualizing prowess in the Welsh native. I adore watching Helen Mirren from ANY era, but particularly here, in between the young adulthood beauty she displayed i ... Read more