Drowning by Numbers

Drowning by Numbers

Year: 1988

Runtime: 119 mins

Language: English

Director: Peter Greenaway

ComedyCrimeIntense violence and sexual transgressionGripping intense violent crimeDreamlike quirky and surreal storytelling

Three Women And A Coroner. Three generations of women who seek to murder their husbands share a solidarity for one another which brings about three copy-cat drownings.

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