
If every man thinks of sex once every nine minutes, what does he think of the other eight?
8 ½ Women
After his wife dies, middle-aged businessman Philip Emmenthal, at the prompting of his playboy son Storey, populates his Geneva villa with eight-and-a-half concubines. Three are from Kyoto, where Storey manages Pachinco palaces. Each has a distinctive personality: a nun, a child bearer, a gambler, a student of Kabuki, a horsewoman with a pet pig, a maid. As a year passes, the women begin asserting their own power.
Cast

John Standing
Philip Emmenthal

Matthew Delamere
Storey Emmenthal

Vivian Wu
Kito

Annie Shizuka Inoh
Simato

Toni Collette
Griselda

Claire Johnston
Amelia, Philip's Wife

Polly Walker
Palmira

Amanda Plummer
Beryl

Elizabeth Berrington
Celeste

Don Warrington
Simon

Kirina Mano
Mio

Natacha Amal
Giaconda
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