The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

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

When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael.

Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 crime film. The film is filed under violence, restaurant, brutality, and sadism.

Michael Gambon appears as Albert Spica, Richard Bohringer as Richard Boarst, Helen Mirren as Georgina Spica, and Alan Howard as Michael. Released in October 1989, it runs 124 minutes.

The screenplay is by Peter Greenaway.

The Killer, The Silence of the Lambs, and Sicario make useful companions to The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, all filed under murder and sociopath. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 750 votes and it carries a NC-17 rating.