Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Age rating
- NC-17
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom
- Violence
- Strong
Why tonight?
- It goes hard on violence — not a wind-down.
The story
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.
- sadism
- sexuality
- allegory
- cooking
- restaurant
- crime boss
- satire
- surrealism
- sociopath
- murder
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Michael Gambon
Albert Spica
Richard Bohringer
Richard Boarst
Helen Mirren
Georgina Spica
Alan Howard
Michael
- Tim Roth — Mitchel
- Ciarán Hinds — Cory
- Liz Smith — Grace
- Gary Olsen — Spangler
- Ewan Stewart — Harris
- Roger Ashton-Griffiths — Turpin
- Ian Dury — Terry Fitch
- Diane Langton — May Fitch
- Prudence Oliver — Corelle Fitch
- Ron Cook — Mews
- Emer Gillespie — Patricia
- Directed
- Peter Greenaway
- Written
- Peter Greenaway
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 740 ratings
- Studio
- Allarts, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Cook, Erato Films, Film4 Productions, Erbograph Co.
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
