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8 Women (2002)
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Isabelle Huppert
Emmanuelle Beart
Fanny Ardant
Ludivine Sagnier
Danielle Darrieux
Virginie Ledoyen
Firmine Richard
Movie Details
Director François Ozon; Francois Ozon
Producer Olivier Delbosc; Marc Missonnier
Writer Francois Ozon
Studio Universal Studios
Language English
Audience Rating R (Restricted)
Running Time 111 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
The cream of France's cinema sirens star in the deliciously candy-colored 8 Femmes, a murder mystery speckled with ornate performances that play up the public image of the actresses themselves. Eight women find themselves snowbound in a house with a dead man--a man each of them (his wife, sister, sister-in-law, mother-in-law, daughters, housekeeper, and chambermaid) had reason to kill. Secrets tumble forth, accusations fly, catfights flare, and confrontations turn steamy, all accompanied by campy performances of 1960s French pop songs. At first, these musical numbers seem like pure kitsch, comic and entertaining, but over the movie's course, they become strangely touching. Catherine Deneuve, Danielle Darrieux, Virginie Ledoyen, Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart, Isabelle Huppert, Ludivine Sagnier, and Firmine Richard are all superb, investing their cardboard characters with a strange emotional resonance--and their costumes are exquisite. An entrancing piece of giddy fluff. --Bret Fetzer
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 346
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
DVD Empire
Product Details
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic)
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 025192273827
Release Date 2/11/2003
Subtitles English; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks FRENCH: Dolby Digital 5.1
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Features Not Specified