8 ½ Women (1999)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.6/10   

Director:

Peter Greenaway

Guionista:

Peter Greenaway (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

12 agosto 1999 (Czech Republic)

Género:

Comedia | Drama

Frase comercial:

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

Plot:

Following the death of the mother, a father and son open up a brothel in their Genevan estate after watching Fellini's "8 1/2".

Plot Keywords:

Brothel | Nun | Concubine | Death | Pig

Premios:

1 nomination

Comentarios de los usuarios:

a strange but compelling movie about our confused sexual morals

Reparto

John Standing	...	Philip Emmenthal
Matthew Delamere	...	Storey Emmenthal
Vivian Wu	...	Kito
Annie Shizuka Inoh	...	Simato (as Shizuka Inoh)
Barbara Sarafian	...	Clothilde
Kirina Mano	...	Mio
Toni Collette	...	Griselda / Sister Concordia
Amanda Plummer	...	Beryl
Natacha Amal	...	Giaconda the Baby Factory
Manna Fujiwara	...	Giulietta / Half Woman
Polly Walker	...	Palmira
Elizabeth Berrington	...	Celeste, Emmenthal Maid
Myriam Muller	...	Marianne, Emmenthal Maid
Don Warrington	...	Simon
Claire Johnston	...	Amelia, Philip's Wife

También conocida como:

8 1/2 Women (UK) (alternative spelling)
8½ Women (UK) (alternative spelling)
Eight and a Half Women (UK) (alternative spelling)
8½ mujeres (Argentina) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue and pervasive nudity.

Duración:

118 min

País:

UK | Netherlands | Luxembourg | Alemania

Idioma:

Inglés | Italiano | Japonés | Latin

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.66 : 1

Clasificación:

Italy:VM14 | New Zealand:R18 | Singapore:R21 | Singapore:R(A) (original rating) (cut) | Argentina:16 | France:-12 | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Ireland:18 | Malaysia:(Banned) | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:18 | UK:15 | USA:R | Australia:R

Locaciones de Filmación:

Japan

Compañía:

Woodline Productions

Citas:

Simato: [previous to signing a deal] Naked! So I can see no pranks and ruses!
Philip Emmenthal: What quaint English... they make an unpredictable linguistic duo.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007)

Banda de Sonido:

Excerpt from 'Otello'

a strange but compelling movie about our confused sexual morals

I went to see it because I am fascinated with Japanese culture. Furthermore, I admire mr. Greenaway for the typical British way in which he exposes hypocrisy, yet in a very tasteful manner, and combines this with baroque visuals. I was warned however that it had nothing resembling a coherent story. It might even be boring.

Call me a twisted European, but I actually like "8.5 women", more than "Eyes wide shut"! The characters are indeed to unnatural to empathize with, and the movie will certainly stimulate your mind more than it will entertain you.....or arouse you sexually. The characters find themselves in a loosely connected stream of little scenes. Rather than making normal conversation, everyone seems to say what they think in this stream of sub-consciousness.

Mr. Greenaway plays with all aspects of sex and connects these, often in a disturbing manner, with death, religion, procreation and age and gender roles. He jumps across the cultures and taboos of this globe. Of course you might be offended by the candid way in which these ideas are treated. However, explicit scenes aren't shown. It doesn't need this effect to create a strange but compelling movie about our confused sexual morals on the threshold of a new millennium.