Film

8 ½ Women

1999 · 2h 1m · Drama · Comedy

If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?

IMDb

5.6

Rotten Tomatoes

41%

Metacritic

36

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.

John Standing

Philip Emmenthal

Matthew Delamere

Storey Emmenthal

Vivian Wu

Kito

Annie Shizuka Inoh

Simato

Toni Collette

Griselda

Claire Johnston

Amelia, Philip's Wife

Polly Walker

Palmira

Amanda Plummer

Beryl

Elizabeth Berrington

Celeste

Don Warrington

Simon

Kirina Mano

Mio

Manna Fujiwara

Giulietta/Half Woman

Natacha Amal

Giaconda

Barbara Sarafian

Clothilde

Ryota Tsuchiya

Simato's Brother

Myriam Muller

Marianne, Emmenthal Maid

• Peter GreenawayDirector · Screenplay
• Kees KasanderProducer
• Bob HubarExecutive Producer
• Terry GlinwoodExecutive Producer
• Denis WigmanExecutive Producer
• Reinier van BrummelenDirector of Photography
• Sacha ViernyDirector of Photography
• Frank LoesserOriginal Music Composer
• Elmer LeupenEditor
• Danielle RoffeCasting

8 ½ Women Trailer

Release date

May 22, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 1m

Rated

R

Budget

$6,000,000

Revenue

$437,568

Genres

Drama, Comedy

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