Amid the gold-leafed walls of a grand French restaurant, terror reigns, unleashed by a boorish gang leader. While Albert flouts all rules of etiquette, turning dinner into an unbearable nightmare for the restaurant’s patrons, his wife Georgina searches for ways to escape this suffocating atmosphere. Dangerous secrets, mingling with the aromas of food wafting from the kitchen, navigate the fringes of a world steeped in crime. In this web of crime and drama, Peter Greenaway uses a painterly aesthetic to examine the brutality hidden behind lavish tables and the dark aspects of human nature. In this restaurant, where extreme manipulation reigns, a forbidden affair is gradually drawn toward an inevitable end.

7 wins & 11 nominations total