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Drowning by Numbers
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?
7 August 1945, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
28 June 1952, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
19 January 1935, Glascote, Staffordshire, England, UK
17 December 1944, Manchester, England, UK
19 December 1942, Esher, Surrey, England, UK
1951
15 February 1955, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
12 March 1957, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK
1938, Waterford, Ireland
16 May 1938, England, UK
21 June 1964, Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
August 21, 2002
Stylish, adult entertainment from GreenawayApril 05, 2005
tricky and extremely cleverJune 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.January 01, 2000
Quintessential Greenaway.October 16, 2007
Its worth is drowned out by its obscurity and urge to make everything into an intellectual game.