8 ½ Women (1999)

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.
- Released
- 1999-05-22
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Peter Greenaway, Peter Greenaway
- TMDB rating
- 5.5/10 from 70 votes
Cast
- John Standing as Philip Emmenthal
- Matthew Delamere as Storey Emmenthal
- Vivian Wu as Kito
- Annie Shizuka Inoh as Simato
- Toni Collette as Griselda
- Claire Johnston as Amelia, Philip's Wife
- Polly Walker as Palmira
- Amanda Plummer as Beryl
- Elizabeth Berrington as Celeste
- Don Warrington as Simon
- Kirina Mano as Mio
- Manna Fujiwara as Giulietta/Half Woman