Drowning by Numbers

Three generations of Cissie Colpitts take turns refreshing their marital options by drowning their husbands, while a coroner with a weakness for bad decisions keeps the paperwork tidy in increasingly awkward ways. Incrementally grisly math class becomes the family business. One shudders to imagine the staff awards ceremony.

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Peter Greenaway directed Drowning by Numbers in 1988. See Peter Greenaway's full filmography, where to start with Peter Greenaway, or where to go after you've seen everything by Peter Greenaway.

Drowning by Numbers was released in 1988 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 119 minutes.