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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.

Director

Peter Greenaway

Year

Genre

Box Office

$7,724,701

Production

Allarts,Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer,Allarts Cook,Erato Films,Film4 Productions,Erbograph Co.

Awards

7 wins & 11 nominations

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Richard

Richard Bohringer

Albert

Georgina

Michael

Mitchel

Cory

CiarÃ¡n Hinds

Spangler

Harris

Turpin (as Roger Ashton Griffiths)

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

Mews

Grace

Patricia

Alice

Eden

Troy

Pup

Adele

Phillipe

Roy

Terry Fitch

May Fitch

Corelle Fitch

Prudence Oliver

Geoff

Roger Lloyd Pack

Starkie

Melter

Fish Girl

Meat Boy

1st Diner

2nd Diner

Cabaret Singer

Dancer

Dancer

Sophie Goodchild

Waiter

Waiter

Waiter

Waiter

Waiter

Waiter (as Hywel Williams Ellis)

Hywel Williams-Ellis

Waiter

Michael Maguire

Kitchen Staff

Kitchen Staff

Kitchen Staff

Kitchen Staff (as Karrie Pagano)

Caroline Pagano

Customer

1st Diner's Wife

A Guest

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You can have a nice drink - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

You can have a nice drink

What you've got to realize is that the clever cook puts unlikely things together - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

What you've got to realize is that the clever cook puts...

What are you doing in there - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

What are you doing in there

Good God looks like er food for constipated French rabbits - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Good God looks like er food for constipated French rabbits

His mother is a Roman Catholic - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

His mother is a Roman Catholic

With his fingers - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

With his fingers

Are we safe here - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Are we safe here

And blot out - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

I think those Ethiopians enjoy starving - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

I think those Ethiopians enjoy starving

Little circumcised mediocrity was screwing my wife - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Little circumcised mediocrity was screwing my wife

Could you cook him - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Could you cook him

No it's not God Albert - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

No it's not God Albert

It's a delicacy - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

It's a delicacy

Bon app tit - The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

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At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.

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Director: Peter Greenaway

Writer: Peter Greenaway

Production: Allarts,Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer,Allarts Cook,Erato Films,Film4 Productions,Erbograph Co.

Genre: crime, drama

Year: 1989

MetaScore: 62/100

ImdbRating: 7.5

BoxOffice: $7,724,701

Released: 06 Apr 1990

Awards: 7 wins & 11 nominations

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