8 ½ Women
"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.
Director
Peter Greenaway
Languages
English, Italian, Japanese, Latin
Status
Released
Budget
$6,000,000
Box Office
$437,568
Who's In It
John Standing
Philip Emmenthal
Matthew Delamere
Storey Emmenthal
Vivian Wu
Kito
Annie Shizuka Inoh
Simato
Toni Collette
Griselda
Claire Johnston
Amelia, Philip's Wife
Polly Walker
Palmira
Amanda Plummer
Beryl
Elizabeth Berrington
Celeste
Don Warrington
Simon
Kirina Mano
Mio
Natacha Amal
Giaconda
Barbara Sarafian
Clothilde
Tony Kaye
Mourner
Ann Overstall Comfort
Mourner
Patrick Hastert
Man in Street
Julian Nest
First Man in Cinema
Jules Werner
Debt Collector
Sascha Ley
Nun
Bettina Scheuritzel
Schwester Fatimah
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