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)Plots(1)
A gang leader (Michael Gambon), accompanied by his wife (Helen Mirren) and his associates, entertains himself every night in a fancy French restaurant that he has recently bought. Having tired of her sadistic, boorish husband, the wife finds herself a lover (Alan Howard) and makes love to him in the restaurant's coziest places with the silent permission of the cook (Richard Bohringer). (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Richard Bohringer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/452/452478_780819.jpg)
Richard Bohringer
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
The Grand Highway (1987)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
![Michael Gambon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/089/168089247_xr2eyl.jpg)
Michael Gambon
Ireland
Best movies:
The King's Speech (2010)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
The Hollow Crown (2012) (series)
![Helen Mirren](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/328/162328448_604ac0.png)
Helen Mirren
UK
Best movies:
The Audience (2013) (theatrical recording)
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC (2016) (theatrical recording)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
![Alan Howard](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/570/158570687_7f6c9d.jpg)
Alan Howard
UK
Best movies:
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
![Tim Roth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/805/160805237_4568ba.jpg)
Tim Roth
UK
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
Reservoir Dogs (1992)
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1990)
![Ciarán Hinds](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272443_ca457a.jpg)
Ciarán Hinds
UK
Best movies:
Hamlet (2015) (theatrical recording)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
Road to Perdition (2002)
![Ewan Stewart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273504_6b157e.jpg)
Ewan Stewart
UK
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Conspiracy (2001) (TV movie)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1979) (TV movie)
![Roger Ashton-Griffiths](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/549/161549253_2932e7.png)
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
UK
Best movies:
Cadfael (1994) (series)
Brazil (1985)
Shadowlands (1993)
![Ron Cook](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/387/162387510_5df3a5.png)
Ron Cook
UK
Best movies:
Chernobyl (2019) (series)
Secrets & Lies (1996)
Chocolat (2000)
![Janet Henfrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/279/158279892_a67336.jpg)
Janet Henfrey
UK
Best movies:
Lady Jane (1986)
Wolf Hall (2015) (series)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
![Alex Kingston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/424/424173_72a9a7.jpg)
Alex Kingston
UK
Best movies:
Macbeth (2013) (theatrical recording)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Croupier (1998)
![Roger Lloyd Pack](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/205/163205178_d7285c.png)
Roger Lloyd Pack
UK
Best movies:
Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Ian Sears
Best movies:
Yentl (1983)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Inspector Morse (1987) (series)
![Gary Olsen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/391/161391781_22a401.jpg)
Gary Olsen
UK
Best movies:
Pink Floyd: The Wall (1982)
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Birth of the Beatles (1979)
![Liz Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/312/160312699_ddeee3.jpg)
Liz Smith
UK
Best movies:
The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
Wallace & Gromit in The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005)
Between the Sheets (2003) (series)
Arnie Breeveld
Suriname
Best movies:
Keith Barrows
Best movies:
![Ian Dury](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/372/163372949_259ad3.jpg)
Ian Dury
UK
Best movies:
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Different for Girls (1996)
Fraction de seconde (1992)
Emer Gillespie
Best movies:
The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989)
Lamb (1985)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)