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- Directed by Peter Greenaway
- Written by Peter Greenaway
- Starring Alan Howard, Helen Mirren, Michael Gambon, Richard Bohringer
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At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence, and gluttony. But when the cook (Richard Bohringer), a thief (Michael Gambon), his wife (Helen Mirren) and her lover (Alan Howard) all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge. THE COOK, THE THEIR, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER has been called every thing from savage political satire to daring pornography, yet critics worldwide agree on one thing: In this courageous and challenging classic, writer/director Peter Greenaway has created nothing less than a cinematic feast for the senses.
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Won: Best Foreign Film, 1991 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards; Best Director, Best Actor (Gambon), Best Cinematography, Best Original Soundtrack, 1989 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
Nominated: Best Foreign Film, 1991 Independent Spirit Awards; Best Film, 1989 Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
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THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE, AND HER LOVER is not an easy film to sit through... It is a film that uses the most basic strengths and weaknesses of the human body as a way of giving physical form to the corruption of the human soul.
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TRIBUNE
- More on The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, Her Lover:
- Article on the film
- Interview with actor Helen Mirren on the film
Genres: Drama