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Drowning by Numbers
Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and, in the ensuing cover-up, enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter—both also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.
1988 · Directed by Peter Greenaway · 119 min · Comedy · Crime · Drama · 14 frames
Tagline
Three Women And A Coroner.
Crew
- Written by: Peter Greenaway
- Cinematography: Sacha Vierny
- Edited by: John Wilson
- Music: Michael Nyman
- Production design: Ben van Os, Jan Roelfs
- Produced by: Kees Kasander, Denis Wigman
Cast
- Joan Plowright as Cissie Colpitts
- Juliet Stevenson as Cissie Colpitts (Daughter)
- Joely Richardson as Cissie Colpitts (Granddaughter)
- Bernard Hill as Henry Madgett
- Jason Edwards as Smut
- Bryan Pringle as Jake
- Trevor Cooper as Hardy
- David Morrissey as Bellamy
- John Rogan as Gregory
- Paul Mooney as Teigan
Production
- Country: Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Language: English
- Studios: Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Production, VPRO
- Budget: $1,500,000
- Box office: $424,773
- Themes: drowning, dark comedy, dysfunctional family, avant-garde, coroner, suffolk, england, independent film, experimental film, crime comedy, widowhood
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