LUMI's Eat the Rich: The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (35mm) 
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Helen Mirren and Michael Gambon star in director Peter Greenaway's infamous avant-garde crime drama which skewers Britain's social, moral and political carcass during the era of Thatcherism. Screening in glorious 35mm.
Sleazy gangster Albert Spica (Gambon) dines at his high-class London restaurant Le Holandais every night with his grand entourage. This is much to the dismay of his long-suffering wife Georgina (Mirren), who begins a secret affair with regular patron Michael (Alan Howard). But events take a disastrous, macabre turn when the menacing Albert discovers their secret affair.
A smorgasbord of sex and violence, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a deliciously savage attack on the social ills and decadence of the 1980s.
"[A] no-mercy assault on the mind and senses...a provocative and diabolically funny foray into the roots of passion and cruelty." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Sink your teeth into Eat the Rich, a season serving films that satirise the lives of the rich and powerful. If you have an appetite for the wealthy one percent, this seasonal menu created by LUMI programmer Joanna McClurg is sure to satisfy, with all flavour of films about class division and the tragedy inherent within capitalism. Bon appetit!
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