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Apr 6, 1990 · The cruel and sadistic crime boss Albert Spica (Michael Gambon) has dinner every night in his restaurant with his wife Georgina Spica (Helen Mirren) and his gang. Albert abuses of his wife, his gangsters, the chef Richard Borst (Richard Bohringer) and the restaurant employees.
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 crime drama art film written and directed by Peter Greenaway, starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the title roles.
When churlish mobster Albert Spica (Michael Gambon) acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners.
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The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. Michael Gambon & Helen Mirren star in this tense romantic thriller about a sleazy gangster & his unhappy wife. When Albert discovers his wife might be involved with a patrons at his restaurant, he reacts violently. 1989. 29 IMDb 7.5 1 h 59 min 1990. Drama.
Now Playing: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover - Babies. Starring: Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Michael Gambon, Tim Roth, Richard Bohringer. Albert lectures his men and Georgina on the makings of a proper diet, making sure to grope her breasts and embarrass her as much as possible.
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture, and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed, but brutally uncompromising modern fable.
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover. Academy Award-nominees Tim Roth and Helen Mirren star in this exotic modern fable about infidelity. Acclaimed director Peter Greenaway directs, weaving a story of a woman (Mirren), bored of her crime boss husband (Gambon), who starts having an affair with a quiet bookseller (Howard) at her husband's ...
