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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
15 February 1955, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
19 December 1942, Esher, Surrey, England, UK
28 June 1952, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
6 December 1955, Lambeth, Central London, England, UK
28 October 1929, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, UK
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.
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
April 05, 2005
tricky and extremely clever

