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Drowning by Numbers

Three Women And A Coroner.

7.0(201)19881h 59m2

Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter—both also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.

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Status
Released
Budget
$1.5M
Box office
$424.8K
Language
English
  • drowning
  • dark comedy
  • dysfunctional family
  • avant-garde
  • coroner
  • suffolk, england
  • independent film
  • experimental film
  • crime comedy
  • widowhood

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Produced in

Netherlands, United Kingdom

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)RNew York City, New York26 Apr 1991
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical152 Sept 1988
    • Physical15Blu-Ray26 Apr 2015
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 1988
    • PremiereCinefest Sudbury International Film Festival23 Sept 1989
  • FranceFR

    • PremiereCannes Film Festival20 May 1988
    • Theatrical5 Oct 1988
  • HungaryHU

    • Theatrical168 Mar 1991
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical22 Dec 1988
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical22 Sept 1988
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1510 Sept 1988
    • PremiereGöteborg Film Festival2 Feb 1989

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Drowning by Numbers was released on 2 September 1988.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    8/9/2023

    7/10

    I actually found this to be one of Peter Greenaway's more accessible films. Though it's still riddled with some surreal imagery that made little, if any, sense to me, it is quite an effective and funny look at the institution of marriage. Now the Colpitts family can't really be accused of having much imagination when it comes to naming their offspring. "Cissie" (Joan Plowright) has "Cissie" (Juliet Stephenson) who ha…

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