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Drowning by Numbers is a British film of genre Drama directed by Peter Greenaway released in USA on 10 september 1988 with Joan Plowright

Drowning by Numbers (1988)

Drowning by Numbers
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Released in USA 10 september 1988
Length 1h58
Directed by
Genres Drama,    Comedy,    Comedy-drama,    Horror,    Crime
Rating70% 3.549123.549123.549123.549123.54912

Drowning by Numbers is a 1988 British-Dutch film directed by Peter Greenaway. It won the award for Best Artistic Contribution at the Cannes Film Festival of 1988.

Synopsis

The film's plot centres on three married women — a grandmother, her daughter, and her niece — each named Cissie Colpitts. As the story progresses, each woman successively drowns her husband. The three Cissie Colpittses are played by Joan Plowright, Juliet Stevenson and Joely Richardson, while Bernard Hill plays the coroner, Madgett, who is cajoled into covering up the three crimes.

Actors

Joan Plowright

(Cissie Colpitts 1)Juliet Stevenson

(Cissie Colpitts 2)Joely Richardson

(Cissie Colpitts 3)Bernard Hill

(Madgett)Bryan Pringle

(Jake)
And :
Trevor Cooper
David Morrissey
John Rogan
Paul Mooney
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