The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Director: Peter Greenaway
124 mins Film4 Archive

Peter Greenaway's black comedy, starring Helen Mirren & Michael Gambon

 

Tired of her husband's boorish lifestyle and difficult attitude, the wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secret romance with a bookish patron between meals at her husband's restaurant, sneaking in liaisons while he and his thugs dine.