8 ½ Women

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8 ½ Women

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

1999

1h 58m

5.5(61 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

Following the death of a mother, a father and son open up their very own harem in their Genevan estate after watching 8½.

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Cast & Crew

50 members

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John Standing

Philip Emmenthal

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Matthew Delamere

Storey Emmenthal

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邬君梅

Kito

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伊能靜

Simato

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Toni Collette

Griselda

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Claire Johnston

Amelia, Philip's Wife

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Polly Walker

Palmira

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Amanda Plummer

Beryl

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Elizabeth Berrington

Celeste

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Don Warrington

Simon

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真野きりな

Mio

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Manna Fujiwara

Giulietta/Half Woman

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Natacha Amal

Giaconda

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Barbara Sarafian

Clothilde

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Ryota Tsuchiya

Simato's Brother

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Myriam Muller

Marianne, Emmenthal Maid

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Pol Hoffmann

Mourner

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Tony Kaye

Mourner

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Ann Overstall Comfort

Mourner

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Malcolm Turner

Undertaker

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Patrick Hastert

Man in Street

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Julian Nest

First Man in Cinema

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Ciaran Mulhern

Second Man in Cinema

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John Overstall

Third Man in Cinema

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Derek Kueter

Debt Collector

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Jules Werner

Debt Collector

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Sophie Langevin

Debt Collector Woman

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Denise Gregoire

Sister Nun

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Sascha Ley

Nun

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Bettina Scheuritzel

Schwester Fatimah

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Radica Vujicin

Nun

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Jill Mercedes

Nun

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Dean Harrington

American Businessman

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Creator

Noriyuki Konishi

Korean Businessman

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Jean-Gabriel Dupuy

French Businessman

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Stéphane Prevot

French Businessman

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小林勝也

Simato's Father

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松井工

Simato's Fiancé

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Kiyosi Ishiguro

Brother Fiancé

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片桐はいり

Half Woman Companion

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Yurika Sano

Half Woman, 8 Years Old

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Satomi Ando

Half Woman, 10 Years Old

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目黒幸子

Mio's Companion #1

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Hisayuki Yoshioka

Mio's Companion #2

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Hanji Mishima

Mio's Companion #3

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Toyonosuke Fujima

Kabuki Father

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Kango Fujima

Kabuki Son

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Senyoichi Nishikawa

Kabuki Son

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Владимир Богачёв

Otello

Directing

Peter Greenaway

(uncredited)

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