The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover(Movie, 1989)

Name: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Genre: Crime, Drama
Released: 1989
Duration: T02:4:00
Rating: 3.7

FSK: 18+ years

| 2h 4min | Genres: Crime, Drama

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 249 votes)

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. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and France, the film's graphic violence and nude scenes, as well as its lavish cinematography and formalism, were noted at the time of its release. ()

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Awards & Nominations for The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Sitges Film Festival Best Director Award Sitges Film Festival Best Actor Award Sitges Film Festival Best Cinematography nominated for: European Film Award for Best Production Designer

About The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

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Additional Information

Production countries: France, United Kingdom (UK), Netherlands

Made by: Elsevira, Erbograph Co., Vendex

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 24 languages: Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date DE: 11/23/1989 (World premiere: 10/13/1989)

Cast: Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, Gary Olsen, Ewan Stewart, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ron Cook, Liz Smith, Janet Henfrey, Alex Kingston, Ian Dury, Diane Langton, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Bob Goody, Arnie Breeveld, Hywel Williams-Ellis, Yolande Brener, Michael Clark

Director: Peter Greenaway

Producer: Denis Wigman, Pascale Dauman, Daniel Toscan du Plantier, Kees Kasander

Screenwriter: Peter Greenaway

Film Editor: John Wilson

Director of Photography: Sacha Vierny

Composer: Michael Nyman

Costume designer: Jean-Paul Gaultier

Production Designer: Ben Van Os, Jan Roelfs

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"O Cozinheiro, o Ladrão, Sua Mulher e o Amante"

"Kuchař, zloděj, jeho žena a její milenec"

"Der Koch, der Dieb, seine Frau und ihr Liebhaber"

"Kokken, tyven, hans kone og hendes elsker"

"Le cuisinier, le voleur, sa femme et son amant"

"情慾色香味"

"A szakács, a tolvaj, a felesége és a szeretője"

"コックとどろぼう、そのつまとあいじん"

"요리사, 도둑, 그의 아내 그리고 그녀의 정부"

"Kokken, tyven, hans kone og hennes elsker"

"廚師、大盜，他的妻子和她的情人"

"The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover"

Keywords: satire, french cuisine, cannibalism, abusive husband, sociopath, cooking, stray dog, adulterous wife, restaurant, crime boss, murder, cult film, surrealism

Budget: 2,300,000 USD

Revenue: 7,724,701 USD (= 336%)

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