The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

France, Netherlands and United Kingdom, 1989

Film

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The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband’s restaurant.

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Credits

director

Peter Greenaway

costume design

Jean-Paul Gaultier

producer

Kees Kasander

production company

Elsevira

Erbograph Co.

Vendex

production design

Ben van Os

Jan Roelfs

screenplay

Peter Greenaway

writer

Peter Greenaway

Duration

02:04:00

Production places
France Netherlands United Kingdom
Production dates
1989 1989

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-7452

Language

English

Subject categories

Crime

Drama

TMDB-Movie

7452

Wikidata

Q661202

Collected

474 times

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