8 ½ Women
If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?
1999 en 121 minutes
Rating: 5.4
Plot
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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Cast
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
Manna Fujiwara
Giulietta/Half Woman
Natacha Amal
Giaconda
Barbara Sarafian
Clothilde
Ryota Tsuchiya
Simato's Brother
Myriam Muller
Marianne, Emmenthal Maid
Pol Hoffmann
Mourner
Tony Kaye
Mourner
Ann Overstall Comfort
Mourner
Malcolm Turner
Undertaker
Patrick Hastert
Man in Street
Julian Nest
First Man in Cinema
Ciaran Mulhern
Second Man in Cinema
John Overstall
Third Man in Cinema
Derek Kueter
Debt Collector
Jules Werner
Debt Collector
Sophie Langevin
Debt Collector Woman
Denise Gregoire
Sister Nun
Sascha Ley
Nun
Bettina Scheuritzel
Schwester Fatimah
Radica Vujicin
Nun
Jill Mercedes
Nun
Dean Harrington
American Businessman
Noriyuki Konishi
Korean Businessman
Jean-Gabriel Dupuy
French Businessman
Stéphane Prevot
French Businessman
Katsuya Kobayashi
Simato's Father
Takumi Matsui
Simato's Fiancé
Kiyosi Ishiguro
Brother Fiancé
Hairi Katagiri
Half Woman Companion
Yurika Sano
Half Woman, 8 Years Old
Satomi Ando
Half Woman, 10 Years Old
Sachiko Meguro
Mio's Companion #1
Hisayuki Yoshioka
Mio's Companion #2
Hanji Mishima
Mio's Companion #3
Toyonosuke Fujima
Kabuki Father
Kango Fujima
Kabuki Son
Senyoichi Nishikawa
Kabuki Son
Vladimir Bogachov
Otello
Peter Greenaway
(uncredited)
