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Gaby, a high-society lady prepares to celebrate Christmas with her husband, mother Mamy, sister Augustine and her two daughters Suzon and Catherine. Her husband is soon discovered murdered and everyone in the house becomes a suspect including the two maids Louise and Chanel and Augustine's sister-in-law Pierrette...Product Identifiers
ProducerOlivier Delbosc, Marc Missonnier
EAN5060002835661
eBay Product ID (ePID)63494388
Product Key Features
Film/TV Title8 Women
ActorCatherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert, Danielle Darrieux, Emmanuelle Beart, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard, Virginie Ledoyen
DirectorFrancois Ozon
Subtitle LanguageEnglish
FormatDVD
Release Year2008
LanguageFrench
FeaturesInterview with the costume designer \2 Music Videos - Catherine Deneuve Sings 'Toi Jamais' and Ludivine Sagnier sings 'Papa T'es Plus Dans L'coup'\Promo reel, Widescreen, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Run Time103 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureFrance
Director of PhotographyJeanne Lapoirie
Costume DesignerPascaline Chavanne
ReviewsBox Office - ...8 WOMEN enjoins eight of France's finest actresses in a giddily amusing Agatha Christie-style whodunit....Fun..., Premiere - ...Cineasts and worshippers of les femmes at their most fatales will find this farce wonderfully fierce..., Rolling Stone - ...All eight women are something to see and marvel at. Whatever you call this one-of-a-kind bonbon spiked with wit and malice, it's classic oo-la-la, Sight and Sound - ...8 WOMEN is a feast. Each performance is beautifully controlled, notably Huppert's devastating comic turn..., Entertainment Weekly - ...Both camp and true, a warped adoration of star-quality actresses as amazing creatures who can project the lives of fictional characters as well as the essence of their own fabulous selves...
Additional InformationFrom French director Francois Ozon, 8 WOMEN is a character drama and musical set in a country home during Christmastime in the 1950s. Though the atmosphere seems light and festive, when the host, Marcel, is stabbed in the back, one of the eight women in the house must be the culprit. The youngest of the bunch, Catherine (Ludivine Sagnier), is a teenager who loved her Daddy and also loves police novels. Her sister, Suzon (Virginie Ledoyen), is a student in England who has traveled home for the holiday. Their mom is Gaby (Catherine Deneuve), the ungrieving wife of Marcel, who never reveals too much. Grandma, who goes by Mamie (Danielle Darrieux), is an alcoholic who reveals that she's not as innocent as she looks when she walks right out of her wheelchair. Marcel's sister, Pierrette (Fanny Ardant) arrives mysteriously just after the murder. The maids, Louise (Emmanuelle Beart) and Chanel (Firmine Richard), are obviously up to no good as their stories keep changing. And the neurotic and hilarious Augustine (Isabelle Huppert), Gaby's sister, is the aging virgin who is just plain unstable. As each of these women interrogate each other, each singing her own song as a type of encrypted confession, there are some very funny moments. 8 WOMEN unfolds like a demented CLUE, with absurd tidbits of information--Chanel is actually an exotic dancer; Gaby and Louise are lesbian lovers--coming straight from Ozon's quirky sense of humor. A magnificent set, a snowy backdrop, and candy colored costumes complete this wacky tongue-in-cheek affair.
Movie/TV Title8 Women
ComposerKrishna Levy
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
ScreenwriterFrancois Ozon, Marina De Van