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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!

7.3(751)19892h 4m7

When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael. Despite their best efforts to keep it secret, Spica learns about their trysts, and he plots a terrible revenge.

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Status
Released
Budget
$2.3M
Box office
$7.7M
Language
English
  • sadism
  • sexuality
  • allegory
  • cooking
  • restaurant
  • crime boss
  • satire
  • surrealism
  • sociopath
  • murder
  • brutality
  • avant-garde

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Produced in

France, United Kingdom, Netherlands

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNC-176 Apr 1990
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1813 Oct 1989
    • Physical18Fabulous Films Blu-ray / DVD4 Jul 2016
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalR18+29 Mar 1990
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereRToronto International Film Festival11 Sept 1989
    • PremiereCinefest Sudbury International Film Festival22 Sept 1990
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical1824 May 1990
  • BelgiumBE

    • TheatricalKNT/ENA(Gent)2 Nov 1989
  • BrazilBR

    • Physical18(video premiere)6 Apr 1990
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Theatrical (limited)Projekt 1001 Apr 1996
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical1516 Apr 1990
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1823 Nov 1990
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical121 Nov 1989
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1823 Nov 1989

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover was released on 13 October 1989.

Audience reviews

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    talisencrw

    5/2/2016

    9/10

    Having previously watched Greenaway's 'Prospero's Books', basically from the same era, one definitely gets a sense of the auteur, of great visualizing prowess in the Welsh native. I adore watching Helen Mirren from ANY era, but particularly here, in between the young adulthood beauty she displayed in Michael Powell's 'Age of Consent', through the remarkably absurd and audacious 'Caligula', straight to the sophisticat…

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