The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

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art-house film crime drama film film

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a 1989 British-French art-house crime drama film directed by Peter Greenaway, renowned for its stylized visuals, provocative themes, and intense performances.

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Label	Occurrences
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover canonical	10
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Michael Nyman score)	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art-house film ⓘ crime drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
artDirector	Ben van Os ⓘ Jan Roelfs ⓘ
castMember	Ciarán Hinds ⓘ Tim Roth ⓘ
character	Albert Spica ⓘ Georgina Spica ⓘ Michael ⓘ Richard ⓘ
cinematographer	Sacha Vierny ⓘ
composer	Michael Nyman ⓘ
costumeDesigner	Jean Paul Gaultier ⓘ surface form: Jean-Paul Gaultier
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
director	Peter Greenaway ⓘ
distributor	Miramax Films ⓘ
editor	John Wilson ⓘ
filmRating	NC-17 (United States, edited version unrated/NC-17 history) ⓘ
genre	art film ⓘ crime drama ⓘ romantic drama ⓘ satire ⓘ
hasOriginalScore	The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Michael Nyman score)
leadActor	Alan Howard ⓘ Helen Mirren ⓘ Michael Gambon ⓘ Richard Bohringer ⓘ
mainSubject	adultery ⓘ power and corruption ⓘ revenge ⓘ
notableFor	explicit sexuality ⓘ graphic violence ⓘ provocative themes ⓘ stylized visuals ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
productionCompany	Allarts Cook ⓘ Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer ⓘ Diaphana Films ⓘ surface form: Erato Films Initial Film and Television ⓘ
releaseDate	1989-09-10 (approximate festival release) ⓘ
releaseYear	1989 ⓘ
runningTime	approximately 124 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Peter Greenaway ⓘ
setInPeriod	Margaret Thatcher government ⓘ surface form: Thatcher-era Britain
setting	French restaurant ⓘ

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Michael Gambon → notableWork → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

Michael Gambon → appearedIn → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

Helen Mirren → notableWork → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover → hasOriginalScore → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (Michael Nyman score)

Peter Greenaway → notableWork → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

Ron Cook → notableWork → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

Christopher Fairbank → notableWork → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

Jean Paul Gaultier → designedCostumesFor → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

Mirren → notableWork → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

subject surface form: Helen Mirren

Sacha Vierny → notableWork → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ

Sacha Vierny → workedOn → The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover ⓘ