UK / France / Netherlands,
1989, 124 min
(Alternative: 120 min)
Directed by:
Peter GreenawayScreenplay:
Peter GreenawayCinematography:
Sacha ViernyComposer:
Michael NymanCast:
Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard, Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds, Ewan Stewart, Roger Ashton-Griffiths, Ron Cook, Janet Henfrey (more)VOD (1)
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Peter Greenaway directs this culinary tale of passion and revenge. An arrogant gangster (Michael Gambon) invests in a popular French restaurant, which he begins to frequent with his wife (Helen Mirren) and a band of crooks. He delights in humiliating his spouse, and, when she begins an affair with another patron (Alan Howard), the restaurant’s cook (Richard Bohringer) tries to protect them from her husband’s wrath. (Fabulous Films)
(more)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Independent Spirit Awards
- 1991 - Peter Greenaway (Best International Film)
European Film Awards
- 1990 - Ben van Os, Jan Roelfs, Jean-Paul Gaultier (Best Production Designer)
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
- 1990 - Sacha Vierny (Best Cinematographer)
Sitges Film Festival
- 1989 - Peter Greenaway (Best Director)
- 1989 - Michael Gambon (Best Actor)
- 1989 - Sacha Vierny (Best Cinematography)
- 1989 - Michael Nyman (Best Music)