8 ½ Women

If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?

APPROPIATE

1999 / 121min.

Rating5.4

Genres

Drama

Comedy

Synopsis

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.

Directors

Peter Greenaway

Actors

Amanda Plummer

Myriam Muller

Polly Walker

Jules Werner

Toni Collette

Claire Johnston

Annie Shizuka Inoh

Hairi Katagiri

Kirina Mano

Vivian Wu

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