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 (3)
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
France
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Michael Gambon
Ireland
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Helen Mirren
UK
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Alan Howard
UK
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Tim Roth
UK
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Ciarán Hinds
UK
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Ewan Stewart
UK
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Roger Ashton-Griffiths
UK
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Ron Cook
UK
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Janet Henfrey
UK
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Alex Kingston
UK
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Roger Lloyd Pack
UK
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Ian Sears
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Gary Olsen
UK
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Liz Smith
UK
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Arnie Breeveld
Suriname
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Keith Barrows
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Ian Dury
UK
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Emer Gillespie
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