8 Women


An award-winning French murder-mystery-comedy-musical. It takes a slightly-over-the-top approach in ripping off the old-time Hollywood musicals, and a typical Agatha-Christie murder mystery, at the same time, using 8 of France's most famous actresses. The eight woman arrive for a weekend at an isolated house. They are all connected in some way to the host. Naturally, he ends up with a knife in his back, and everyone is a suspect. One woman appoints herself investigator, which leads to each woman revealing various dark secrets about herself and her connection to the deceased, frequently in music. Much fun is had by all...
French language with English subtitles.


109 minutes.
No persons under 13 .
Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Musical, On the Art Circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.



Credits

Cast
Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Béart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard, Dominique Lamure
Director
François Ozon
ScreenplayMarina de Van, François Ozon, from the play by Robert Thomas
MusicKrishna Levy and others
CinematographyJeanne Lapoirie
Sound formatsDolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS
Made in2002
Produced byA consortium of French and Italian companies

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Ratings

Scale (Max)20

What the Critics say

Cape Argus
Derek Wilson
15
Die Burger
Gabriël Botma
15
Sunday Times
Barry Ronge
10
eye Weekly
Ingrid Randoja
15
Box Office
Wade Major
13
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
18
Chicago Sunday Times
Roger Ebert
15
BBC
Laura Bushell
15

What the People say

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2787 Netizens
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