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Film · 1989

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Peter Greenaway

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
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Lets the longing thread settle into a deeper film form.

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is a 1989 film from France, United Kingdom, and Netherlands, associated with Peter Greenaway. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the...

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The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover is a 1989 film from France, United Kingdom, and Netherlands, associated with Peter Greenaway. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the...

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