8 ½ Women
If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?
1999 · 2h 1m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
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8 ½ Women
Overview
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 and cast
- Peter Greenaway Director
- John Standing as Philip Emmenthal
- Matthew Delamere as Storey Emmenthal
- Vivian Wu as Kito
- Sweet Mother as Simato
- Annie Shizuka Inoh as Simato
- Toni Collette as Griselda
- Claire Johnston as Amelia, Philip's Wife
- Polly Walker as Palmira
- Amanda Plummer as Beryl
- Elizabeth Berrington as Celeste
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