The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Movie

IMDB Rating 7.6  (33K)
The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant. More details

Directors

Peter Greenaway

Cast

Richard BohringerMichael GambonHelen Mirren

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crimedramaabusive husbanddomestic violencerestaurantrevengemurdergangsterfoodcannibalismdog fecesforced cannibalismextramarital affairboy sopranoexcrementurinating on someonesex in a toilet stallstray dogcheating wifestabbed with a forksexual assaultpublic humiliationdark comedycookblack comedymale frontal nuditysex sceneallegorywomanalternate realitybritish renaissanceclassic1980sbreastsbook depositoryshot in the headwife murders husbandforced eatingwoman with gunheld at gunpointfreezerrefrigerator truckparking lotreading a bookexperimental filmman with glassesextreme filmdanceboystabbed in the facesociopathscavengersatiresadistneo noirmetaphormeat cleaverhandymanhandgunglassesfuturefreakescapeclothes torn offchild torturechild in perilchaosbutcherbathtubbathroomavant gardeattempted murderanti heroall seeing eyealienationabsurdismthieffemale nuditycult filmnihilismpenishusband wife relationshipfemale frontal nuditycontroversycigarette smokingexcrement eatingfood as sex metaphorlong titleabstract arturinationsymbolismsurrealismhospitalforkdefecationcult directorbrutalityscene based on paintinghigh societybreaking the fourth walleating peniskitchengourmetadulterydeathsexualityviolencesex in a kitchenindependent filmshot to death
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