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Lust...Murder...Dessert. Bon Appetit!

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Michael Gambon

    Albert Spica

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    Richard Bohringer

    Richard Boarst

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    Helen Mirren

    Georgina Spica

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    Alan Howard

    Michael

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    Tim Roth

    Mitchel

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    Ciarán Hinds

    Cory

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    Liz Smith

    Grace

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    Gary Olsen

    Spangler

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    Ewan Stewart

    Harris

Having previously watched Greenaway's 'Prospero's Books', basically from the same era, one definitely gets a sense of the auteur, of great visualizing prowess in the Welsh native. I adore watching Helen Mirren from ANY era, but particularly here, in between the young adulthood beauty she displayed in Michael Powell's 'Age of Consent', through the remarkably absurd and audacious 'Caligula', straight to the sophisticated and very dangerous gorgeousness displayed in 'The Comfort of Strangers'. It's great to see any dude who's mean to a beautiful woman get their comeuppance (particularly the we...