8 ½ Women
If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?
5.5(69) 1999-05-22 121 minDramaComedy
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.
DirectorPeter Greenaway
ScreenplayPeter Greenaway
ProducerKees Kasander
Original Music ComposerFrank Loesser
Cast & characters
John Standing
as Philip Emmenthal
Matthew Delamere
as Storey Emmenthal
Vivian Wu
as Kito
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
Don Warrington
as Simon
Kirina Mano
as Mio
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Manna Fujiwara
as Giulietta/Half Woman
Natacha Amal
as Giaconda
Barbara Sarafian
as Clothilde
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Ryota Tsuchiya
as Simato's Brother
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Myriam Muller
as Marianne, Emmenthal Maid
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Pol Hoffmann
as Mourner
Tony Kaye
as Mourner
Ann Overstall Comfort
as Mourner
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Malcolm Turner
as Undertaker
Patrick Hastert
as Man in Street
Julian Nest
as First Man in Cinema
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Ciaran Mulhern
as Second Man in Cinema
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John Overstall
as Third Man in Cinema
