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

Overview

The wife of an abusive criminal finds solace in the arms of a kind regular guest in her husband's restaurant.

Top Billed Cast

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    Richard Bohringer

    Richard Boarst

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    Michael Gambon

    Albert Spica

  3. Cast 1

    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...