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Drowning by Numbers

Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.

Cast

Joan Plowright

Joan Plowright

as Cissie Colpitts 1

Juliet Stevenson

Juliet Stevenson

as Cissie Colpitts 2

Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson

as Cissie Colpitts 3

Bernard Hill

Bernard Hill

as Madgett

Jason Edwards

Jason Edwards

as Smut

Bryan Pringle

Bryan Pringle

as Jake

Trevor Cooper

Trevor Cooper

as Hardy

David Morrissey

David Morrissey

as Bellamy

John Rogan

John Rogan

as Gregory

Paul Mooney

Paul Mooney

as Teigan

Reviews

CinemaSerf

I actually found this to be one of Peter Greenaway's more accessible films. Though it's still riddled with some surreal imagery that made little, if any, sense to me, it is quite an effective and funny look at the institution of marriage. Now the Colpitts family can't really be accused of having muc...

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