8 ½ Women
1999, Film, 118 min, Comedy, Drama, English, United Kingdom, MoviePedia score 60
If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?
After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, at the prompting of his playboy son Storey, populates his Geneva villa with eight-and-a-half concubines. Three are from Kyoto, where Storey manages Pachinco palaces. Each has a distinctive personality: a nun, a child bearer, a gambler, a student of Kabuki, a horsewoman with a pet pig, a maid. As a year passes, the women begin asserting their own power.
Directed by Peter Greenaway
Cast
- John Standing as Philip Emmenthal
- Matthew Delamere as Storey Emmenthal
- Vivian Wu as Kito
- Toni Collette as Sister Concordia
- Annie Shizuka Inoh as Simato
- Barbara Sarafian as Clothilde
- Kirina Mano as Mio
- Amanda Plummer as Beryl
- Natacha Amal as Giaconda the Baby Factory
- Manna Fujiwara as Half Woman
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