
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?
















1938, Waterford, Ireland

30 October 1956, Essex, England, UK

15 February 1955, Turin, Piedmont, Italy

19 January 1935, Glascote, Staffordshire, England, UK

1951


6 December 1955, Lambeth, Central London, England, UK


21 May 1953, London, England, UK

19 December 1942, Esher, Surrey, England, UK


28 October 1929, Brigg, Lincolnshire, England, UK

9 January 1965, Marylebone, London, England, UK

21 June 1964, Everton, Liverpool, England, UK

7 August 1945, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland, UK

16 May 1938, England, UK



12 March 1957, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, England, UK

28 June 1952, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, UK


17 December 1944, Manchester, England, UK




April 05, 2005
tricky and extremely clever
October 16, 2007
Its worth is drowned out by its obscurity and urge to make everything into an intellectual game.
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.
August 21, 2002
Stylish, adult entertainment from Greenaway