Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover, The (1989)

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Synopsis

Crime/Drama. Forced to accompany her gangster husband (Michael Gambon) to his French restaurant every night, a woman (Helen Mirren) begins a secretive affair with a well-read bookstore owner (Alan Howard).

Content elements

• Infrequent use scatological slang, cursing, profanity, sexual slurs, and vulgar expressions
• Frequent portrayals of hand-to-hand and gun violence, some in a crude context - little blood, some detail
• Frequent breast, buttock and male frontal nudity in a non-sexual context
• Frequent portrayals of sexual activity - breast, buttock, male and female frontal nudity, some detail
• Frequent portrayals of alcohol and tobacco use in a recreational context

Thematic elements

• Greed and gluttony
• Power and control
• Revenge

Classification rationale

Rated 18A for crude content, violence, and sexual content

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