Coarse London ganglord Albert (Michael Gambon) enjoyed the gourmet cuisine of cowed restaurateur Richard (Richard Bohringer) almost as much as he loved demeaning all around him, his abused spouse Georgina (Helen Mirren) most of all. She finds release through a steamy affair with bookseller Michael (Alan Howard)... and her husband's violent retaliation meets with stunning retribution. Peter Greenaway's lavish, erotic, and unsettlingly depraved drama co-stars Tim Roth, Ciarán Hinds.