The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Directed by Peter Greenaway
Cast: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren
Running time: 120 minutes. Cert: 18
This film put Peter Greenaway firmly in the public eye and it became notorious for its onscreen cruelty and power. With costumes by Jean-Paul Gaultier and a score by Michael Nyman the film is a visual as well as emotional experience.
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secret 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 modern fable.
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