The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

1989 NC-17 2h 4m 7.5

At Le Hollandais gourmet restaurant, every night is filled with opulence, decadence and gluttony. But when the cook, a thief, his wife and her lover all come together, they unleash a shocking torrent of sex, food, murder and revenge.

The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, colour coding, sex, murder, torture, and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed, but brutally uncompromising modern fable.

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover background

Info about The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

Studio(s): Allarts, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer

Originally Released: United States on Apr 06, 1990

Production Countries: Array, Array

Box Office Gross: $7,724,701.00

Budget: $2,300,000.00

Genres: Crime, Drama