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Drowning by Numbers

1988

Peter Greenaway

Joan Plowright, Joely Richardson, Juliet Stevenson, Bernard Hill ...

6.7

983

Comedy. Drama An ironic black comedy of love and death that takes place in a lyrically beautiful landscape. Three related women, all named Cissie Colpitts share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings. The local coroner is in love with all three women and helps to disguise the murders.

	Author	Review
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"Peter Greenaway’s 'Drowning by Numbers' is perhaps the most direct illustration of the filmmaker’s key thematic and aesthetic interest in ascribing structure to a chaotic universe."	POS
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Here is a movie so personal and quirky that perhaps you will enjoy it more than I did, and I do not want to spoil your fun, since the movie is playful above everything else. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU

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