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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?
21 May 1953, London, England, UK
1951
1938, Waterford, Ireland
19 December 1942, Esher, Surrey, England, UK
9 January 1965, Marylebone, London, England, UK
12 March 1957, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK
6 December 1955, Lambeth, Central London, England, 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.January 01, 2000
Quintessential Greenaway.April 05, 2005
tricky and extremely cleverAugust 21, 2002
Stylish, adult entertainment from GreenawayOctober 16, 2007
Its worth is drowned out by its obscurity and urge to make everything into an intellectual game.