Drowning By Numbers

Cissie Colpitts drowns her cheating husband and in the ensuing cover-up enlists the help of lonely coroner Henry Madgett, an old friend with a longstanding weakness for her charms. But when Cissie's daughter and granddaughter both decide to resort to the same methods, the Colpitts women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.

Drowning By Numbers is one of Greenaway's most accessible and entertaining works, very funny and illuminating in its game-playing approach to sex and death and its celebration of the female conspiracy against men. Adding to the enjoyment is the director's placing of numbers throughout the film.

Filmography: Nightwatching (2007), The Tulse Luper Suitcases (2002-4), 8 1/2 Women (1999), The Pillow Book (1996), Prospero's Books (1991), The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her Lover (1989).

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