The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover – Film Screening
Helen Mirren and Michael Gambon star in Peter Greenaway’s audacious cinematic delicacy, a shocking Jacobean tragedy peppered with of forthright sex and shocking violence.
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 another restaurant guest, Michael.
The film is beautiful as it is brutal. With stunning set design, lavish costuming (Jean-Paul Gaultier) and exceptional cinematography through our.
Directed by Peter Greenaway
Starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth and Ciarán Hinds
Film includes a large amount of violence and sex. Including domestic abuse, death and cannibalism.
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