8 ½ Women (1999)
Drama · Comedy
Overview
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.
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