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- BFI identifier336673
- Date1989 (Copyright)
1989-10-13 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, France
- Production company
- SynopsisA 'Shakespearean comedy' set in the present day. Spica is the mafioso owner of a gourmet restaurant. Bored with his bad jokes and sexual tyranny, his wife takes a lover. Spica vows revenge. (Synopsis)
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- Subject
- CreditsDirector: Peter Greenaway
Production Company: Allarts Enterprises
Production Company: Erato Films
view all - CastRichard Bohringer (Richard Borst)
Michael Gambon (Albert Spica)
Helen Mirren (Georgina Spica)
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Title
The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover (Original)
Le Cuisinier, Le Voleur, Sa Femme Et Son Amant (Alternative)
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/C682-45BA-B2EC-1E8F-BD2E-WCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
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view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Script type: Shooting Script - SCR-2695
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view all - ArticlesEmpire n175 January 2004 - DVD ReviewPositif n395 January 1994 - Article, Credits, InterviewCinéaste v18 n1 1990 - Credits, ReviewScreen International n694 4 Mar 1989 - Creditsview all
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- Digital documentsBFI Southbank Programme Notes February 2018
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- +The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
Work - 336673 - 1989 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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