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COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER, THE
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Peter Greenaway's sixth film is also his most commercially successful, probably because of its potent mix of sex, violence, and artistic respectability — a paradox for this most vociferously heady of filmmakers. Michael Gambon is the thief, a crude gangster who holds court every night at the chic restaurant he owns; Helen Mirren is his miserable wife; Richard Bohringer is the French chef who becomes her lover. Read the complete review for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Year: 1989
Rated NR

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Cast
Richard Bohringer: Richard Borst, the Cook
Michael Gambon: Albert Spica, the Thief
Helen Mirren: Georgina Spica, the Wife
Alan Howard: Michael, the Lover
Tim Roth: Mitchel
Ciaran Hinds: Cory

 

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