8 ½ Women

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1999 · 121 min · R · Drama · Comedy · TMDB 5.5/10

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.

Directed by Peter Greenaway

Cast

• John Standing — Philip Emmenthal
• Matthew Delamere — Storey Emmenthal
• Vivian Wu — Kito
• Annie Shizuka Inoh — Simato
• Toni Collette — Griselda