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8 ½ Women
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8 ½ Women

1999-05-22 · 121 min · ★ 5.5

Drama · Comedy

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.

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Production details

Directors
Peter Greenaway
Production companies
Delux Productions, Kasander & Wigman Productions, Continent Film GmbH, Movie Masters, Woodline Productions
Countries
Germany, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands
Status
Released
Budget
USD 6,000,000
Revenue
USD 437,568

Top Cast

John StandingJohn StandingPhilip Emmenthal
Matthew DelamereMatthew DelamereStorey Emmenthal
Vivian WuVivian WuKito
Annie Shizuka InohAnnie Shizuka InohSimato
Toni ColletteToni ColletteGriselda
Claire JohnstonClaire JohnstonAmelia, Philip's Wife
Polly WalkerPolly WalkerPalmira
Amanda PlummerAmanda PlummerBeryl
Elizabeth BerringtonElizabeth BerringtonCeleste
Don WarringtonDon WarringtonSimon
Kirina ManoKirina ManoMio
Manna FujiwaraGiulietta/Half Woman
Natacha AmalNatacha AmalGiaconda
Barbara SarafianBarbara SarafianClothilde
Ryota TsuchiyaSimato's Brother
Myriam MullerMarianne, Emmenthal Maid
Pol HoffmannMourner
Tony KayeTony KayeMourner
Ann Overstall ComfortAnn Overstall ComfortMourner
Malcolm TurnerUndertaker

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