The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover
Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!
Collections:
1001-Movies
UK
Studio:
Allarts
Year:
1989
Critics Rating: 86%
Audience Rating: 88%
Duration: 2 h 3 m
Updated: 2026 Jul 20
Movie ID: 79895
Server: Main Plex Server
Synopsis
The wife of a barbaric crime boss engages in a secretive romance with a gentle bookseller between meals at her husband's restaurant. Food, color-coding, sex, murder, torture, and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable.
