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Release Date
• USA: Apr 6, 1990
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 7, 2004
• R2: 10 Nov 2003
Running Time
2 hours, 4 minutes
Country France, Netherlands, UK
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Other Titles
• The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
• The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
• Spica (1989)
• Der Koch, der Dieb, seine Frau und ihr Liebhaber (1989)
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Cannibals, Disturbing, Gangsters, Black Comedy, Satire, Suspense, Murder, Surreal, Infidelity, Erotic
Tagline: Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!
Plot: Master director Greenaway (THE PILLOW BOOK) outdoes himself with this grisly fairy tale. The thief, Albert Spica, (Gambon) is a gangster, repugnant and boorish, who holds court at the same table in his opulent restaurant every night surrounded by his lackeys (Tim Roth and the late Ian Dury included). When his cultured and repressed wife Georgina (Mirren) becomes magnetically attracted to a solitary diner in the restaurant, the two begin a secret affair under the nose of her dangerous husband. With the help of the restaurant's chef, the time the lovers share is kept secret from the vicious Albert...for a while. Despite the breathtaking production design and artful camera work, this violent, disturbing and very darkly comic work is not for everyone. Those with the stomach for it, however, will reap generous rewards.
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| Cast |
Michael Gambon
Sleepy Hollow, The Insider, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou |
 | Helen Mirren
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Gosford Park, Excalibur |
 | Tim Roth
Pulp Fiction, Reservoir Dogs, Planet of the Apes |
 | Ciarán Hinds
Road to Perdition, The Phantom of the Opera, Munich |
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 | | Alan Howard
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Oxford Blues | |
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