De Cinema x MoMu: Willy Vanderperre Curates The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

In addition to photographs and music, films are not to be missed in Willy Vanderperre’s world. During four weekends at De Cinema, Vanderperre invites you to discover some of his favourite sources of inspiration.

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    • €8: Regular rate De Cinema
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In addition to photographs and music, films are not to be missed in Willy Vanderperre’s world. During four weekends at De Cinema in De Studio in Antwerp, Vanderperre invites you to discover some of his favourite sources of inspiration.

The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1989, Peter Greenaway)

Every evening, the barbaric leader of a criminal gang Albert Spica, accompanied by his wife Georgina and a pair of henchmen, visits the luxurious restaurant Le Hollandaise, of which he is co-owner. When Georgina meets a bookseller at the restaurant one evening who is so different from the gluttonous, racist brute that is her husband, she is immediately attracted to him. A heartfelt relationship develops in which the two passionately make love to each other in a different place in the restaurant each night. The cook is their aide, and accomplice, each time providing a safe place for them to make love. However, their romance is discovered. Spica and his accomplices take revenge in a gruesome way, but this is still child's play compared to what Georgina presents to her husband.

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This is the film that announces and defines the end of the 1980s, complete with outfits designed by Jean-Paul Gaultier. A horror story sublimated by the minimalist soundtrack by Michael Nyman, its scenography is unbelievable.

Willy Vanderperre

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Promotional offer De Cinema x MoMu

Anyone with a ticket for the film screenings curated by Willy Vanderperre at De Cinema is entitled to a discounted rate of €8 (instead of €12) for WILLY VANDERPERRE prints, films, a rave and more… and all other current exhibitions at MoMu. Anyone with a museum ticket to MoMu (from 27 April to 4 August 2024) is entitled to a discounted rate of €6 (instead of €8) or €10 (instead of €12) for the film screenings curated by Willy Vanderperre (May-August 2024) at De Cinema.

Promotion valid from 18 May to 4 August 2024 on presentation of a valid MoMu ticket at the welcome desk of De Cinema OR a valid De Cinema ticket at the welcome desk of MoMu.