France / May 22, 1999 / Cannes Film Festival
If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?
Overall average
5.0/10
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Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Pol Hoffmann | Mourner |
| Tony Kaye | Mourner |
| Ann Overstall Comfort | Mourner |
| Malcolm Turner | Undertaker |
| Patrick Hastert | Man in Street |
| Julian Nest | First Man in Cinema |
| Ciaran Mulhern | Second Man in Cinema |
| John Overstall | Third Man in Cinema |
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| Derek Kueter | Debt Collector |
| Jules Werner | Debt Collector |
| Sophie Langevin | Debt Collector Woman |
| Denise Gregoire | Sister Nun |
| Sascha Ley | Nun |
| Bettina Scheuritzel | Schwester Fatimah |
| Radica Vujicin | Nun |
| Jill Mercedes | Nun |
| Dean Harrington | American Businessman |
| Noriyuki Konishi | Korean Businessman |
| Jean-Gabriel Dupuy | French Businessman |
| Stéphane Prevot | French Businessman |
| Katsuya Kobayashi | Simato's Father |
| Takumi Matsui | Simato's Fiancé |
| Kiyosi Ishiguro | Brother Fiancé |
| Hairi Katagiri | Half Woman Companion |
| Yurika Sano | Half Woman, 8 Years Old |
| Satomi Ando | Half Woman, 10 Years Old |
| Sachiko Meguro | Mio's Companion #1 |
| Hisayuki Yoshioka | Mio's Companion #2 |
| Hanji Mishima | Mio's Companion #3 |
| Toyonosuke Fujima | Kabuki Father |
| Kango Fujima | Kabuki Son |
| Senyoichi Nishikawa | Kabuki Son |
| Vladimir Bogachov | Otello |
| Peter Greenaway | (uncredited) |
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Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 8 ½ Women |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English, Italiano, 日本語, Latin |
| Production countries | Germany, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Netherlands |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Delux Productions, Kasander & Wigman Productions, Continent Film GmbH, Movie Masters, Woodline Productions |
| Release date | 22 maggio 1999 |
| Executive producer | Bob Hubar, Terry Glinwood, Denis Wigman |
| Production | Kees Kasander |
| Writer | Peter Greenaway |
| Casting | Danielle Roffe, Aimi O, Carrie O'Brien |
| Editing | Elmer Leupen |
| Cinematography | Reinier van Brummelen, Sacha Vierny |
| Assistant directors | Aimi O, Shin Mizuguchi, Anna Worthington, Kôji Kobayashi, Sara Meerman, Peter Greenaway |
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| Lighting | Janneke Hogenboom |
| Camera operators | Reinier van Brummelen, Sacha Vierny |
| Additional photography | Reinier van Brummelen, Sacha Vierny |
| Production design | Emi Wada, Wilbert Van Dorp, Linda Stefansdottir, Kayo Sakurai, Elke Faro |
| Art direction | Emi Wada, Linda Stefansdottir, Kayo Sakurai, Elke Faro, Wilbert Van Dorp |
| Set decoration | Linda Stefansdottir, Kayo Sakurai, Emi Wada, Elke Faro, Wilbert Van Dorp |
| Special effects | Osamu Kume |
| Visual effects | Arno Beekman |
| Stunts | Georges Branche, Arlette Spetebroot |
| Music | Giuseppe Verdi, Frank Loesser, Wim Post, Michael Keinath, Luuk Poels, Mel Kutbay, Garth Marshall |
| Sound | Giuseppe Verdi, Frank Loesser, Wim Post, Michael Keinath, Luuk Poels, Mel Kutbay, Garth Marshall |
| Costume design | Emi Wada, Kimie Nakano, Sara Meerman, Akira Fukuda |
| Makeup | Sara Meerman, Kimie Nakano, Emi Wada, Akira Fukuda |
| Hairstyling | Sara Meerman, Kimie Nakano, Emi Wada, Akira Fukuda |
| Budget | 6.000.000 € |
| Revenue | 437.568 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Czechia / Jul 03, 1999 / Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Canada / Sep 16, 1999 / Toronto International Film Festival
Theatrical release
Canada / May 22, 1999 / R
United States / May 22, 1999 / R
Czechia / Aug 12, 1999 / 15+
Germany / Nov 10, 1999
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Netherlands / Jan 06, 2000 / 16
Italy / Feb 25, 2000
South Korea / Sep 02, 2000 / 18
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