The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
- 7.6
- 2h 4min
- Crime, Drama
- 1990-04-06 (USA)
Storyline
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable which has been interpreted as an allegory for Thatcherism.
Plot Keywords
adulterous wife, domestic violence, abusive husband, cannibalism, cook, dark comedy, extramarital affair, food, gangster, allegory, restaurant, black comedy, surrealism, symbolism, female frontal nudity, penis, adultery, sexuality, erotica, male full frontal nudity
Short Review
A bold, strident, purposefully aggressive film.
Trailer
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