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lladre, la seva dona i el seu amant" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_and_Her_Lover" title="The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Koch,_der_Dieb,_seine_Frau_und_ihr_Liebhaber" title="Der Koch, der Dieb, seine Frau und ihr Liebhaber – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Der Koch, der Dieb, seine Frau und ihr Liebhaber" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" 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1.5x" data-file-width="260" data-file-height="394" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Peter_Greenaway" title="Peter Greenaway">Peter Greenaway</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data">Peter Greenaway</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Pascale Dauman</li> <li>Kees Kasander</li> <li>Daniel Toscan du Plantier</li> <li>Denis Wigman</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bohringer" title="Richard Bohringer">Richard Bohringer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Howard_(actor)" title="Alan Howard (actor)">Alan Howard</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sacha_Vierny" title="Sacha Vierny">Sacha Vierny</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data">John Wilson</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Michael_Nyman" title="Michael Nyman">Michael Nyman</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />companies</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Allarts</li> <li>Elsevier-Vendex</li></ul> </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Palace_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="Palace Pictures">Palace Pictures</a> (United Kingdom)<br />Pari Films (France)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>11 September 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-09-11</span>)</span> (<a href="/wiki/1989_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1989 Toronto International Film Festival">TIFF</a>)</li> <li>13 October 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-10-13</span>)</span> (UK)</li> <li>1 November 1989<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1989-11-01</span>)</span> (France)</li> <li>6 April 1990<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1990-04-06</span>)</span> (United States)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">124 minutes<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Countries</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>United Kingdom</li> <li>France</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Box office</th><td class="infobox-data">$7.7 million <span style="font-size:85%;"><span class="nowrap">(North America)</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Mojo_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover</b></i> is a 1989 <a href="/wiki/Crime_drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime drama">crime drama</a> <a href="/wiki/Art_film" title="Art film">art film</a> written and directed by <a href="/wiki/Peter_Greenaway" title="Peter Greenaway">Peter Greenaway</a>, starring <a href="/wiki/Richard_Bohringer" title="Richard Bohringer">Richard Bohringer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> and <a href="/wiki/Alan_Howard_(actor)" title="Alan Howard (actor)">Alan Howard</a> in the title roles. An international co-production of the United Kingdom and France, the film's graphic violence and <a href="/wiki/Nudity_in_film" title="Nudity in film">nude</a> scenes, as well as its lavish <a href="/wiki/Cinematography" title="Cinematography">cinematography</a> and <a href="/wiki/Formalist_film_theory" title="Formalist film theory">formalism</a>, were noted at the time of its release. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>English <a href="/wiki/Gangster" title="Gangster">gangster</a> Albert Spica has taken over the high-class Le Hollandais restaurant managed by French <a href="/wiki/Chef" title="Chef">chef</a> Richard Boarst. Spica makes nightly appearances at the restaurant with his retinue of thugs. His oafish behavior causes frequent confrontations with the staff and his own customers, whose patronage he loses but whose money he seems not to miss. </p><p>Forced to accompany Spica is his reluctant yet elegant wife, Georgina, who soon catches the eye of a quiet regular at the restaurant: bookshop owner Michael. Under her husband's nose, with the help of the restaurant staff, Georgina carries on an affair with Michael. Ultimately, Spica learns of the affair, forcing Georgina to hide out at Michael's book depository. Boarst sends food to Georgina through his young employee Pup, a <a href="/wiki/Boy_soprano" title="Boy soprano">boy soprano</a> who sings while working. Spica tortures the boy before finding the bookstore's location written in a book the boy is carrying. Spica's men storm Michael's bookshop while Georgina visits the boy in the hospital. They torture Michael to death by force-feeding him pages from his books. Georgina discovers his body when she returns. </p><p>Overcome with rage and grief, she begs Boarst to cook Michael's body, and he eventually complies. Together with all the people that Spica wronged throughout the film, Georgina confronts her husband finally at the restaurant and forces him at gunpoint to eat a mouthful of Michael's cooked body. Spica obeys, gagging. Georgina then shoots him in the head, calling him a cannibal. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 30em;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bohringer" title="Richard Bohringer">Richard Bohringer</a> as Richard Boarst, "The Cook": The head chef of "Le Hollandais". He resents Albert Spica, who has taken control of the restaurant.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Gambon" title="Michael Gambon">Michael Gambon</a> as Albert Spica, "The Thief": A violent gangster and owner of "Le Hollandais", with pretensions of being a <a href="/wiki/Gourmet" title="Gourmet">gourmet</a>, but his coarse and violent behavior wreaks destruction on everyone around him.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Mirren" title="Helen Mirren">Helen Mirren</a> as Georgina Spica, "His Wife": The sophisticated and battered wife of Albert Spica, from whom she has unsuccessfully tried to escape.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alan_Howard_(actor)" title="Alan Howard (actor)">Alan Howard</a> as Michael, "Her Lover": An erudite bookshop owner who dines at "Le Hollandais" every night while reading a book. He carries on a doomed affair with Georgina.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tim_Roth" title="Tim Roth">Tim Roth</a> as Mitchel, a dim-witted goon in Spica's gang.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ciar%C3%A1n_Hinds" title="Ciarán Hinds">Ciarán Hinds</a> as Cory, a pony-tailed pimp who is ejected from Spica's gang after he protests against Spica's brutal treatment of his girls.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Olsen" title="Gary Olsen">Gary Olsen</a> as Spangler, a brutal member of Spica's gang.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ewan_Stewart" title="Ewan Stewart">Ewan Stewart</a> as Harris, a less brutal member of Spica's gang.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Ashton-Griffiths" title="Roger Ashton-Griffiths">Roger Ashton-Griffiths</a> as Turpin, the bespectacled bookkeeper in Spica's gang.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liz_Smith_(actress)" title="Liz Smith (actress)">Liz Smith</a> as Grace, Spica's mother, somnolent and no more suited to the enjoyment of fine dining than her son.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Dury" title="Ian Dury">Ian Dury</a> as Terry Fitch, in a rare acting appearance, as a rival gangster.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Langton" title="Diane Langton">Diane Langton</a> as May Fitch, Terry's wife.</li> <li>Paul Russell as Pup, a kitchen boy who brings food to Georgina and Michael while they are in hiding at Michael's bookshop. He is a <a href="/wiki/Boy_soprano" title="Boy soprano">boy soprano</a> who sings while washing dishes.</li> <li>Emer Gillespie as Patricia, one of Cory's luckless girls who tells Spica about his wife's affair.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Cook" title="Ron Cook">Ron Cook</a> as Mews, a bespectacled member of Spica's gang.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alex_Kingston" title="Alex Kingston">Alex Kingston</a> as Adele, a red-dressed waitress at the restaurant.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roger_Lloyd-Pack" title="Roger Lloyd-Pack">Roger Lloyd-Pack</a> as Geoff, a fellow gangster and diner.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Goody" title="Bob Goody">Bob Goody</a> as Starkie, a member of Spica's gang.</li></ul> </div> <ul><li>Flavia Brilli as the cabaret singer.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Writing">Writing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Writing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Peter_Greenaway" title="Peter Greenaway">Peter Greenaway</a> has said that the Jacobean play <i><a href="/wiki/%27Tis_Pity_She%27s_a_Whore" title="'Tis Pity She's a Whore">'Tis Pity She's a Whore</a></i> provided him with the main template for his screenplay.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Michael_Nyman" title="Michael Nyman">Michael Nyman</a>'s score prominently incorporated his 1985 composition <i><a href="/wiki/Memorial_(Nyman)" title="Memorial (Nyman)">Memorial</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Design">Design</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jean-Paul_Gaultier" class="mw-redirect" title="Jean-Paul Gaultier">Jean-Paul Gaultier</a> designed the costumes. Italian chef <a href="/wiki/Giorgio_Locatelli" title="Giorgio Locatelli">Giorgio Locatelli</a> prepared the food used as props. As characters move from location to location throughout the film, their costumes change colors to match. Outside the restaurant is blue, the kitchen is green, the dining room red, the restrooms white, and the book depository orange/brown. Greenaway stated the changing of colors represents how characters move between and inhabit each different world. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Box_office">Box office</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Box office"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film debuted at the <a href="/wiki/1989_Toronto_International_Film_Festival" title="1989 Toronto International Film Festival">1989 Toronto International Film Festival</a> and was released on 13 October 1989 in London on two screens. It grossed over $500,000 in London.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During its opening week in Paris it grossed $158,500.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It earned £640,213 in the UK.<sup id="cite_ref-org_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-org-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Miramax" title="Miramax">Miramax</a> acquired the rights for $500,000 and released the film in New York on 6 April 1990. It was Greenaway's first film to be released fully in the US since <i><a href="/wiki/The_Draughtsman%27s_Contract" title="The Draughtsman's Contract">The Draughtsman's Contract</a></i> in 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-Variety_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Variety-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It grossed $7.7 million in the US.<sup id="cite_ref-Mojo_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mojo-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Versions">Versions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film's original running time was 124 minutes. Due to the content, the <a href="/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association" title="Motion Picture Association">MPAA</a> gave Miramax a choice of either an <a href="/wiki/X_rating" title="X rating">X rating</a> or go unrated (adults only) for theatrical release. Unrated was chosen in light of the X rating being more associated with pornographic films. Two versions of the film were released on <a href="/wiki/VHS" title="VHS">VHS</a> in the 1990s. One was an R-rated cut running 95 minutes (mainly for large video store chains); the other was the original version. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The film received generally positive reviews from critics. On <a href="/wiki/Rotten_Tomatoes" title="Rotten Tomatoes">Rotten Tomatoes</a>, it holds an 86% rating based on 49 reviews, with an average rating of 7.60/10. The site's consensus states: "This romantic crime drama may not be to everyone's taste, but <i>The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover</i> is an audacious, powerful film."<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film received a score of 62 on <a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a> based on reviews from 23 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Roger_Ebert" title="Roger Ebert">Roger Ebert</a> of the <i><a href="/wiki/Chicago_Sun-Times" title="Chicago Sun-Times">Chicago Sun-Times</a></i> gave the film four out of four stars, noting that the film's raw emotion and violent interpersonal conflict was a departure from Greenaway's typically cerebral and intellectual films.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Soundtrack">Soundtrack</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Soundtrack"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover_(soundtrack)" title="The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (soundtrack)">The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (soundtrack)</a></div> <p><i>The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover</i> is the twelfth album released by Michael Nyman and the ninth to feature the <a href="/wiki/Michael_Nyman_Band" title="Michael Nyman Band">Michael Nyman Band</a>. The album includes the first commercially released recording of Nyman's composition "Memorial". </p><p>There is some music not included on the soundtrack album: the love theme for Michael and Georgina, which is "Fish Beach" from <i><a href="/wiki/Drowning_by_Numbers" title="Drowning by Numbers">Drowning by Numbers</a></i>, the song performed as a show in the restaurant, sung by actress and singer Flavia Brilli, or a doubly pulsed variation of "Memorial" that occurs about halfway through the film. Edits of "Memorial" appear throughout the film, with the entire twelve-minute movement accompanying the final scene and end credits, but one variation is uniquely created for the film. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Cook,_the_Thief,_His_Wife_%26_Her_Lover&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.unifrance.org/movie/8963/the-cook-the-thief-his-wife-her-lover">"The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover (1989)"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/UniFrance" class="mw-redirect" title="UniFrance">UniFrance</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">11 July</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=UniFrance&rft.atitle=The+Cook%2C+the+Thief%2C+His+Wife+and+Her+Lover+%281989%29&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fen.unifrance.org%2Fmovie%2F8963%2Fthe-cook-the-thief-his-wife-her-lover&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Cook%2C+the+Thief%2C+His+Wife+%26+Her+Lover" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/cook-thief-his-wife-her-lover-1970-1">"<i>The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover</i> (18)"</a>. <a href="/wiki/British_Board_of_Film_Classification" title="British Board of Film Classification">British Board of Film Classification</a>. 14 September 1989<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">27 September</span> 2013</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+Cook%2C+the+Thief%2C+His+Wife+%26+Her+Lover+%2818%29&rft.pub=British+Board+of+Film+Classification&rft.date=1989-09-14&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbfc.co.uk%2Freleases%2Fcook-thief-his-wife-her-lover-1970-1&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Cook%2C+the+Thief%2C+His+Wife+%26+Her+Lover" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mojo-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Mojo_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Mojo_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=cookthethiefhiswifeandherlover.htm"><i>The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover</i></a> at <a href="/wiki/Box_Office_Mojo" title="Box Office Mojo">Box Office Mojo</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Vernon Gras and Marguerite Gras (eds.), <i>Peter Greenaway: Interviews</i>, Jackson, MS, University Press of Mississippi, 2000; p. 69</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGroves1989" class="citation news cs1">Groves, Don (13 December 1989). 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