8 femmes 1/2 (1999)

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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John Standing

Philip Emmenthal

Matthew Delamere

Storey Emmenthal

Vivian Wu

Kito

Toni Collette

Griselda…

Annie Shizuka Inoh

Simato
(as Shizuka Inoh)

Barbara Sarafian

Clothilde

Kirina Mano

Mio

Amanda Plummer

Beryl

Natacha Amal

Giaconda the Baby Factory

Manna Fujiwara

Giulietta…

Polly Walker

Palmira

Elizabeth Berrington

Celeste, Emmenthal Maid

Myriam Muller

Marianne, Emmenthal Maid

Don Warrington

Simon

Claire Johnston

Amelia, Philip's Wife

Pol Hoffmann

Mourner
(as Paul Hoffmann)

Tony Kaye

Mourner

Ann Overstall Comfort

Mourner
(as Ann Overstall)

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Trivia
Toni Collette said Peter Greenaway chose her by accident for the role of Griselda. "I went in for another part and I had just had my head shaved and I had a Buddha hanging around my neck. Afterwards I thought, 'This is going to teach me to go to an audition looking like that'. " In fact Greenaway chose her for playing a woman who is blackmailed into serving on a brothel and posing as a lascivious nun. In the role, she was required not merely to appear nude but with a shaven pubis. "Peter Greenaway's odd, but very interesting. And he let me try everything I suggested," added Collette.

Quotes
Philip Emmenthal: How many directors do you think use films to fulfill their sexual fantasies?
Storey Emmenthal: Most of them, I think.

Connections
Features 8½ (1963)

Soundtracks
Sosaku Yoshiwara
(Kabuki music)
Written by Hirokazu Sugiura

Stimulating if not inaccessible

Fans of Peter Greenaway will not be disappointed. This film seems to be following an on-going trend of a creating more subtle approach to subjects of sexualities. If Greenaway is maturing, it's by leaving even more unsaid about the various subjects he chooses for study. This may result in works which are even more inaccessible than previous works like "The Cook..." and "Prospero's Books". Patience is the key with Greenaway, and this film certainly demands it.