8 ½ Women
“If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?”
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
51 people
John Standing
Philip Emmenthal
Known for
V for Vendetta
Patrick Melrose
Annie Yi
Simato
Matthew Delamere
Storey Emmenthal
Known for
Shadowlands
Vivian Wu
Kito
Known for
Away
The Afterparty
Annie Shizuka Inoh
Simato
Known for
The Assassins
Flowers of Shanghai
Toni Collette
Griselda
Known for
Hereditary
The Sixth Sense
Claire Johnston
Amelia, Philip's Wife
Known for
I've Loved You So Long
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Polly Walker
Palmira
Known for
Bridgerton
Rome
Amanda Plummer
Beryl
Known for
Ratched
Pulp Fiction
Elizabeth Berrington
Celeste
Known for
Good Omens
The Nevers
Don Warrington
Simon
Known for
Death in Paradise
Going Postal
Kirina Mano
Mio
Known for
Bullet Ballet
Peter Greenaway Director · Frank Loesser Composer Sacha Vierny Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $438K · Budget $6M · United States release May 22, 1999
Box office
Budget
$6,000,000
Worldwide gross
$437,568
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Delux Productions
Production
Kasander & Wigman Productions
Production
Continent Film GmbH
Production
Movie Masters
Production
Woodline Productions
Production
Lions Gate Films
Studio
Germany · United Kingdom · Luxembourg · Netherlands
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian · Japanese · Latin
Release dates
Canada · May 22, 1999
Theatrical
United States · May 22, 1999
Theatrical
Canada
September 16, 1999 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
July 3, 1999 · Premiere · Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
August 12, 1999 · Theatrical
France
May 22, 1999 · Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
Germany
November 10, 1999 · Theatrical
Italy
February 25, 2000 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 6, 2000 · Theatrical
South Korea
September 2, 2000 · Theatrical
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