Overview
Plot
After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal fills his Geneva villa with eight-and-a-half concubines at the urging of his playboy son Storey. Over a year, the women begin asserting their own power.
- Directors
- Peter Greenaway
- Cast
- John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Annie Shizuka Inoh, Toni Collette, Claire Johnston, Polly Walker, Amanda Plummer, Elizabeth Berrington, Don Warrington, Kirina Mano, Manna Fujiwara, Natacha Amal, Barbara Sarafian, Ryota Tsuchiya, Myriam Muller, Pol Hoffmann, Tony Kaye, Ann Overstall Comfort, Malcolm Turner
- Country
- Germany, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands
- Genre
- Drama, Comedy
- Release date
- 1999-05-22
- Studios
- Delux Productions, Kasander & Wigman Productions, Continent Film GmbH, Movie Masters, Woodline Productions
Plot
Warning: spoilers
8 ½ Women Plot and Cast
Following his wife's death, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, encouraged by his playboy son Storey, brings eight-and-a-half concubines into his Geneva villa. Three come from Kyoto, where Storey manages Pachinco palaces. Each woman has a distinct personality—a nun, a child bearer, a gambler, a student of Kabuki, a horsewoman with a pet pig, a maid—and as a year passes, they start to assert their own power.
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