The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 87% of the 447 1980s crime movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
When churlish mobster Albert Spica acquires an upscale French restaurant in London, he dines there nightly, effectively scaring off the clientele with his bad manners. His wife, Georgina, is especially disgusted by him, and soon begins an affair with regular guest Michael. Despite their best efforts to keep it secret, Spica learns about their trysts, and he plots a terrible revenge.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes87%
Metacritic62/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
747 audience votes
Key crew
- Peter GreenawayDirector
- Michael NymanOriginal Music Composer
- Peter GreenawayScreenplay
Cast
- Michael GambonAlbert Spica
- Richard BohringerRichard Boarst
- Helen MirrenGeorgina Spica
- Alan HowardMichael
- Tim RothMitchel
- Ciarán HindsCory
- Liz SmithGrace
- Gary OlsenSpangler
- Ewan StewartHarris
- Roger Ashton-GriffithsTurpin
- Ian DuryTerry Fitch
- Diane LangtonMay Fitch
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Themes
sadismsexualityallegorycookingrestaurantcrime bosssatiresurrealismsociopathmurderbrutalityavant-garde
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