8 Women Movie Review 2002

Wacky musical murder mystery starring eight of France's top actresses. Grand dame Gaby (Deneuve) and her daughters, Suzon (Ledoyen) and Catherine (Sagnier), share a remote estate with her husband Marcel (Lamure), her mother Mamy (Darrieux), spinster sister Augustine (Huppert), loyal housemaid Mme. Chanel (Richard), and pouty chambermaid Louise (Beart). Louise discovers Marcel stabbed to death--the phone doesn't work, the car won't start, and there's a blizzard. To make matters more interesting, Marcel's estranged sister Pierrette (Ardant) literally comes in from the cold. Now, the eight women are trapped together. Is one of them a killer? Secrets and accusations spill out in song, like a Technicolor '50s musical melodrama. It may not make sense but with this cast, plot will be the last thing on your mind. Based on the play by Robert Thomas; French with subtitles.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Fantasy, Female Bonding, Family Ties, Homicide, The Help: Female, Blizzards, France

Screenplay

Francois Ozon, Marina de Van

Cast

Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Emmanuelle Beart, Fanny Ardant, Virginie Ledoyen, Danielle Darrieux, Ludivine Sagnier, Firmine Richard, Dominique Lamure

Cinematography

Jeanne Lapoirie

Director

Francois Ozon

Music

Krishna Levy

Other

Pierre Gamet, Jean-Pierre Laforce, Lawrence Bawedin, Pascaline Chavanne, Arnaud de Moleron

Producer

Olivier Delbosc, Marc Missionier, France 2 Cinema, Mars Films, Fidelite Productions, Focus Features