The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife amp Her Lover stylised onscreen as The COOK The THIEF His WIFE amp Her LOVER is a 1989 BritishFrench romantic black comedy crime drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the titular roles. The films graphic scatology, violence and nude scenes, as well as its lavish cinematography and formalism, were noted at the time of its release.
Forced to accompany Spica is his reluctant, wellbred wife, Georgina, who soon catches the eye of a quiet regular at the restaurant, bookshop owner Michael. Under her husbands nose, Georgina carries on an affair with Michael with the help of the restaurant staff. Ultimately Spica learns of the affair, forcing Georgina to hide out at Michaels book depository. Boarst sends food to Georgina through his young employee Pup, a boy soprano who sings while working. Spica tortures the boy before finding the bookstores location written in a book the boy is carrying. Spicas men storm Michaels bookshop while Georgina is visiting the boy in hospital. They torture Michael to death by forcefeeding him pages from his books. Georgina discovers his body when she returns.Overcome with rage and grief, she begs Boarst to cook Michaels body, and he eventually complies. Together with all the people that Spica wronged throughout the film, Georgina confronts her husband finally at the restaurant and forces him to eat a mouthful of Michaels cooked body. Spica obeys, gagging, before Georgina shoots him in the head. ........
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