John Standing
Philip Emmenthal
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Dec 10, 1999 · 8 ½ Women: Directed by Peter Greenaway. With John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Annie Shizuka Inoh. Following the death of a mother, a father and son open up their very own harem in their Genevan estate after watching 8½ (1963).
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- Comedy, Drama
- Peter Greenaway
- 1999-12-10
8 + 1 ⁄ 2 Women is a 1999 comedy-drama film written and directed by Peter Greenaway and starring John Standing, Matthew Delamere, and Vivian Wu. An international co-production of the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and Germany, it was entered into the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
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- Peter Greenaway
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After his wife dies, fifty-five-year-old businessman Philip Emmenthal (Sir John Standing), at the prompting of his playboy son Storey (Matthew Delamere), populates his Geneva villa with eight and a half concubines. Three are from Kyoto, Japan, where Storey manages Pachinco palaces.
Jun 9, 2000 · A billionaire and his son, grieving for their dead wife and mother, seek solace in a series of women, from a pachinko parlor in Japan to a body brace wearer in Geneva. Roger Ebert analyzes the film's tone, style, humor and themes, comparing it to Fellini's 8 1/2.
Philip Emmenthal, a wealthy businessman, and his son, Storey, are two very different men whose shared grief inspires them to embark on an elaborate sexual odyssey. When Storey takes his father to see Federico Fellini's masterpiece, "8 1/2," the sight of so many magnificent women prompts them to...
