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Drowning by Numbers (1988)

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

Drama Crime Comedy

Three Women And A Coroner.

Release Date: 1988, September 2
Directors: Peter Greenaway
Countries: United Kingdom, Netherlands
Production: Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Production, Film4 Productions, VPRO
Cast: Bernard Hill, Edward Tudor-Pole, Jason Edwards, Janine Duvitski, David Morrissey, Michael Fitzgerald, Trevor Cooper, Joely Richardson, Bryan Pringle, Joan Plowright, Michael Percival, Joanna Dickens

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

dark comedy independent film dysfunctional family avant-garde experimental film drowning coroner crime comedy suffolk, england widowhood