Rating: R
Genre:
Mystery
Theatrical Release: 09/20/2002(USA
Release Date: 02/11/2003
SubTitles: Espanol/English
Dubbed: French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 111 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: Universal Studios
A gaggle of mothers, wives, daughters, maids, and mistresses gather for a holiday homecoming at their country mansion -- and end up having to solve a murder-mystery -- in this musical-comic homage to studio-era "women's pictures" from acclaimed French director
François Ozon. Partly inspired by
George Cukor's 1939 classic
The Women,
8 Femmes stars
Catherine Deneuve as
Gaby, a high-society matron just returned to her country house to celebrate Christmas with her husband; mother
Mamy (
Danielle Darrieux); sister
Augustine (
Isabelle Huppert); and daughters
Suzon (
Virginie Ledoyen) and
Catharine (
Ludivine Sagnier). Not long after they all arrive, however, do they find the man of the house with a knife in his back, whereupon everyone becomes a suspect -- including maids
Chanel (
Firmine Richard) and
Louise (
Emmanuelle Béart). The mysterious arrival of
Augustine's sister-in-law
Pierrette (
Fanny Ardant) only complicates matters, as the titular eight women find themselves snowed in by a fierce blizzard, forced to confront the matter of the lifeless husband -- and their long-standing secrets and resentments -- without the aid of the police. Following its immensely successful release in France in early 2002,
8 Women enjoyed much acclaim at the
Berlin and
Toronto Film Festivals.
~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide
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