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Apr 6, 1990 · A modern fable of food, sex, murder and revenge in a gourmet restaurant. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, soundtracks and more for this 1989 crime drama film.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 crime drama art film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the title roles.
When churlish mobster Albert Spica (Michael Gambon) acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners.
Cruel and sadistic crime boss Albert Spica (Sir Michael Gambon) has dinner every night in his restaurant with his wife Georgina Spica (Dame Helen Mirren) and his gang. Albert abuses his wife, his gangsters, chef Richard Borst (Richard Bohringer), and the restaurant employees.
Academy Award-nominees Tim Roth and Helen Mirren star in this exotic modern fable about infidelity. Acclaimed director Peter Greenaway directs, weaving a story of a woman (Mirren), bored of her crime boss husband (Gambon), who starts having an affair with a quiet bookseller (Howard) at her husband's restaurant.
Apr 6, 1990 · The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.
Now Playing: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover - Babies. Starring: Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Michael Gambon, Tim Roth, Richard Bohringer. Albert lectures his men and Georgina on the makings of a proper diet, making sure to grope her breasts and embarrass her as much as possible.
