Drowning by Numbers
Three Women And A Coroner.
19881h 59mNo ratings yet
- Drama
- Crime
- Comedy
Overview
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 also named Cissie Colpitts—decide to resort to the same methods for solving conflicts with their own frustrating husbands, the women and their repeated appeals for help begin to wear on Madgett's conscience.
Keywords
- england
- drowning
- dark comedy
- dysfunctional family
- independent film
- coroner
- experimental film
- avant-garde
- suffolk
- crime comedy
- widowhood
- suffolk, england
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 2, 1988
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- english
- Countries
- Netherlands, United Kingdom
- Production
- Film4 Productions,VPRO,Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer,Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties,Allarts Production,Stimuleringsfonds Nederlandse Culturele Omroepproducties, Elsevier-Vendex Film Beheer, Allarts Production, Film4 Productions, VPRO
- Budget
- $1,500,000
- Revenue
- $424,773
- IMDb
- tt0092929