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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

7.3

Released October 13, 1989Runtime 2h 4min

Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Allarts

Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer

Allarts Cook

Erato Films

Film4 Productions

Erbograph Co.

Production Countries

France

United Kingdom

Finances

Budget: $2,300,000
Revenue: $7,724,701
Profit/Loss: $5,424,701

Videos

Cast

Richard BohringerRichard Boarst

Michael GambonAlbert Spica

Helen MirrenGeorgina Spica

Alan HowardMichael

Tim RothMitchel

Ciarán HindsCory

Liz SmithGrace

Gary OlsenSpangler

Ewan StewartHarris

Roger Ashton-GriffithsTurpin

Ian DuryTerry Fitch

Diane LangtonMay Fitch

Prudence OliverCorelle Fitch

Ron CookMews

Emer GillespiePatricia

Janet HenfreyAlice

Willie RossRoy

Roger Lloyd PackGeoff

Alex KingstonAdele

Bob GoodyStarkie

Paul RussellPup

Arnie BreeveldEden

Tony AlleffTroy

Ian SearsPhillipe

Peter RushMelter

Pauline MayerFish Girl

Ben StonehamMeat Boy

Andy Wilson1st Diner

John Mullis2nd Diner

Flavia BrilliCabaret Singer

Sophie GoodchildDancer

Alex FraserWaiter

Michael ClarkWaiter

Gary LoganWaiter

Tim GearyWaiter

Saffron RaineyWaiter

Hywel Williams-EllisWaiter

Michael MaguireWaiter

Patric WaltersKitchen Staff

Sue MaundKitchen Staff

Nick BrozovicKitchen Staff

Caroline PaganoKitchen Staff

Keith BarrowsCustomer

Yolande Brener1st Diner's Wife

Irene PalkoA Guest

Brenda EdwardsDancer

Crew

Peter GreenawayDirector

Gerrit MartijnFirst Assistant Director

Peter GreenawayScreenplay

Kees KasanderProducer

Sharon Howard-FieldCasting

Daniel Toscan du PlantierCo-Producer

Denis WigmanCo-Producer

Pascale DaumanCo-Producer

John WilsonEditor

Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer

Julian RoddFirst Assistant Editor

Sacha ViernyDirector of Photography

Jean-Paul GaultierCostume Design

Jan RoelfsProduction Design

Ben van OsProduction Design

Garth MarshallSound Designer

Sjoerd DiddenMakeup Effects

Nigel HeathSound Effects

Sara MeermanMakeup Artist

Chris LaurenceMusician

Tom BuchananBoom Operator

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Reviews

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 ...