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Overview

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7.0/10   12,385 votes
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Director:
François Ozon
Writers:
François Ozon (writer)
Robert Thomas (play)
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Release Date:
20 September 2002 (USA) more
Tagline:
Living in a house full of women can be murder.
Plot:
One murdered man, eight women, each seeming to be more eager than the others to know the truth. Gimme, gimme, gimme some clues to make up my mind. And eventually enter the truth. Oh, thou cruel woman! full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
8 wins & 25 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Almodovar Dominates European Film Awards
 (From WENN. 9 December 2002)

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Well crafted drama/mystery/musical... more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
8 Women (International: English title)
8 donne e un mistero (Italy)
Huit femmes (France) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated R for some sexual content.
Runtime:
111 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French | English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
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BIM more

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When Louise shows a photo of her former employer, it is a picture of Romy Schneider. more
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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): On two occasions the ladies refer to the gun as a revolver but it is clearly a semi-automatic pistol. more
Quotes:
Louise: She
[Pierrette]
Louise: asked me to keep quiet and gave me 10,000 francs.
Pierrette: Which I regret, you hussy.
Louise: What?
Pierrette: Everyone knows you sleep around.
Louise: You know, since we sleep with the same ones, let me explain the bribe. I overheard you say to Monsieur, "Give me the money or you'll die."
Pierrette: No I said, "I'll die."
Louise: No, "You'll die."
Pierrette: My poor Louise! Your word is no good, you're just a maid.
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Movie Connections:
Version of "Au théâtre ce soir: Huit femmes" (1972) more
Soundtrack:
Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux more

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36 out of 51 people found the following comment useful:-
Well crafted drama/mystery/musical..., 23 January 2005
9/10
Author: dwpollar from Bothell, Washington

1st watched 1/23/2005 - 9 out of 10(Dir-Francois Ozone): Well crafted drama/mystery/musical that is so full it's hard to critique into a summary. The basic plot is that 8 related women find themselves in the same place at approximately the same time when the lone man is presumed to be murdered, who happens to be the grandfather, father, husband, bearer of child, lover etc… of the women(not necessarily in that order). You talk about complexity of plot? Every time someone opens their mouth another twist is thrown into the mix. I think it would take at least another viewing to understand everyone's relationship with everyone else by the end of the movie. And besides this, musical numbers are thrown in to help us understand the characters that are sung by themselves and sometimes backed up by the rest of the cast(ala Bollywood). One thing I have always noticed about French movies is that they come across as a confused people but they're OK with that, instead of the American's who believe that "they" have the answers to everything. This makes it slightly un-comfortable for us pompous Americans to view movies like this where every "real" thing in life is kind of taken with a little tongue-in-cheek mentality but this is the reality of their people and it's present often in their movies. Good for them!! This is so evident in this movie where because of it's mystery plot, we think that who did the killing is what's important, but what we find out is that there is much more behind the so-called answer we're seeking which makes for a very complex experience. Thank you French cinema. Without it there would not be movies like this.

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