Synopsis
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989) 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. ??Keith Loh

Awards: 7 wins & 11 nominations
Worldwide Gross: $7,725,126
Soundtrack: Memorial (Written by Michael Nyman)


Peter Greenaway
Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren
1990-04-06 (Netherlands, United Kingdom, France)
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