The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover Summary, Review, Cast & Crew

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Running Time: 123 min.
MPAA Rating: NC17
Box Office: / $7,724,701
Produced By: / Allarts Cook / Erato Films / Erbograph Co. / Films Inc.
Released: April 06, 1990 (USA)
Release By: Miramax

Summary:
This is probably Peter Greenaway's most famous (or infamous) film, which first shocked audiences at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival and then on both sides of the Atlantic. A gang leader (Michael Gambon), accompanied by his wife (Helen Mirren) and his a... Full Summary >>

Cast and Crew:
Richard Bohringer (Richard Borst, the Cook)
Michael Gambon (Albert Spica, the Thief)
Helen Mirren (Georgina Spica, the Wife)
Alan Howard (Michael, the Lover)
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Review:
Filmmaker Peter Greenaway's most notorious film in a career marked by audacity, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover includes scenes of intense and shocking brutality and humiliation, fevered sexual encounters, and a final act of forced cannib ... Continue >>