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.

Cast

Richard Bohringer

as Richard Boarst

Michael Gambon

as Albert Spica

Helen Mirren

as Georgina Spica

Alan Howard

as Michael

Tim Roth

as Mitchel

Ciarán Hinds

as Cory

Liz Smith

as Grace

Gary Olsen

as Spangler

Ewan Stewart

as Harris

Roger Ashton-Griffiths

as Turpin

Reviews

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Having previously watched Greenaway's 'Prospero's Books', basically from the same era, one definitely gets a sense of the auteur, of great visualizing prowess in the Welsh native. I adore watching Helen Mirren from ANY era, but particularly here, in between the young adulthood beauty she displayed i...

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