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?
12 March 1957, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK
6 December 1955, Lambeth, Central London, England, UK
7 August 1945, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK
21 June 1964, Everton, Liverpool, England, UK
17 December 1944, Manchester, England, UK
21 May 1953, London, England, UK
30 October 1956, Essex, England, UK
1951
1938, Waterford, Ireland
15 February 1955, Turin, Piedmont, Italy
9 January 1965, Marylebone, London, England, UK
16 May 1938, England, UK
19 December 1942, Esher, Surrey, England, UK
19 January 1935, Glascote, Staffordshire, England, UK
28 October 1929, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, UK
28 June 1952, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
August 21, 2002
Stylish, adult entertainment from Greenaway
January 01, 2000
Quintessential Greenaway.
April 05, 2005
tricky and extremely clever
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.
October 16, 2007
Its worth is drowned out by its obscurity and urge to make everything into an intellectual game.

