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8 ½ Women (1999)
5.6
Ratings: 5.6/10 from 2,481 users
Metascore:
36/100
Reviews: 44 user | 53 critic | 25 from Metacritic.com
Following the death of the mother, a father and son open up a brothel in their Genevan estate after watching Fellini's "8 1/2". Director:Peter GreenawayWriter:Peter Greenaway |
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John Standing | ... |
Philip Emmenthal
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Matthew Delamere | ... |
Storey Emmenthal
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Kito
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Annie Shizuka Inoh | ... |
Simato
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Clothilde
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Kirina Mano | ... |
Mio
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| Toni Collette | ... |
Griselda
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Sister Concordia
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| Amanda Plummer | ... |
Beryl
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| Natacha Amal | ... |
Giaconda the Baby Factory
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Manna Fujiwara | ... |
Giulietta
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Half Woman
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| Polly Walker | ... |
Palmira
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| Elizabeth Berrington | ... |
Celeste, Emmenthal Maid
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Myriam Muller | ... |
Marianne, Emmenthal Maid
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Don Warrington | ... |
Simon
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Amelia, Philip's Wife
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Storyline
After his wife dies, 55-year-old 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. Philip throws off his strait-laced and repressed attitudes, immersing himself in pleasure. After about a year, the women begin to assert their own power. Side adventures pre-figure the household's breakup, and the women depart in one way or another, one at at time. Philip's fate is in the hands of Palmira, his favorite. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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If every man is supposed to think of sex once every nine minutes, what on earth does he think of in the other eight? See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue and pervasive nudity See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
English | Italian (only a few lines) | Japanese (some dialogue) | Latin (only a few words)Release Date:
(Czech Republic) See more »Also Known As:
8 femmes 1/2 See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$92,000 (USA) (28 May 2000) (16 Screens)Gross:
$417,517 (USA) (23 July 2000)Company Credits
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Philip Emmenthal: Then she says: "How do you want to do it? From the front? Or from behind?" And I say: "A little from the front, and a lot from behind." "Do you want to do it in the garden or by the pool? Or do you want me to lie in the grass?" she says. I say: "Yes." "Or do you want me perhaps to stand?" she says. "Yes," I say. "Or do you want me to sit with my heels in the air?" "Yes," I say. "Yes to what?" she says. "Yes to every thing," I say. "Then I will," she says. And she does, just like that. My God!See more »
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