The film follows three married woman - a grandmother, her daughter, and her niece - each named Cissie Colpitts. Through a series of events, each woman successfully drowns her husband. As a result, a coroner named Madgett comes to investigate. Could he clear the cases or end up in being cajoled and help the woman to cover the crimes?
21 May 1953, London, England, UK
9 January 1965, Marylebone, London, England, UK
17 December 1944, Manchester, England, UK
1951
28 October 1929, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, UK
28 June 1952, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
6 December 1955, Lambeth, Central London, England, UK
15 February 1955, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
16 May 1938, England, UK
12 March 1957, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK
19 December 1942, Esher, Surrey, England, UK
1938, Waterford, Ireland
21 June 1964, Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
7 August 1945, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
30 October 1956, Essex, England, UK
19 January 1935, Glascote, Staffordshire, England, UK
June 04, 2003
Though not the most visceral of Greenaway's films, it is a textbook art film, meticulously organized, and requisite viewing for obsessive-compulsives.
August 21, 2002
Stylish, adult entertainment from Greenaway
October 16, 2007
Its worth is drowned out by its obscurity and urge to make everything into an intellectual game.
January 01, 2000
Quintessential Greenaway.
April 05, 2005
tricky and extremely clever

