8 ½ Women
(1999)
Regisseur:
Peter GreenawaySchauspieler:
John Standing, Matthew Delamere, Vivian Wu, Annie Yi, Toni Collette, Claire Johnston, Polly Walker, Amanda PlummerMit diesem Film schuf Greenaway eine witzige Hommage an Fellini voller sexueller Obsessionen. Im Zentrum des Films stehen zwei Männer: Philip ist Geschäftsmann in Genf, der seinen Reichtum durch Spielsalons erwirbt. Sein Sohn Storey kümmert sich um die Geschäfte. Nach dem plötzlichen Tod der Ehefrau bzw. Mutter hilft der Sohn dem Vater mit einem interessanten Plan über dessen Schmerz hinweg: Die beiden wollen ihre sexuellen Fantasien Wirklichkeit werden lassen.
After the death of his wife, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva (they get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's 8½ and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato (Inoh), to waive her pachinko debts). They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect. The women each have a gimmick (one is a nun, another a kabuki performer, etc.). Philip soon becomes dominated by his favourite of the concubines, Palmira, who has no interest in Storey as a lover, despite what their contract might stipulate. Philip dies, the concubines' contracts expire, and Storey is left alone with Giulietta (the titular "½", played by Fujiwara) and of course the money and the houses.
After the death of his wife, wealthy businessman Philip Emmenthal and his son Storey open their own private harem in their family residence in Geneva (they get the idea while watching Federico Fellini's 8½ and after Storey is "given" a woman, Simato (Inoh), to waive her pachinko debts). They sign one-year contracts with eight (and a half) women to this effect. The women each have a gimmick (one is a nun, another a kabuki performer, etc.). Philip soon becomes dominated by his favourite of the concubines, Palmira, who has no interest in Storey as a lover, despite what their contract might stipulate. Philip dies, the concubines' contracts expire, and Storey is left alone with Giulietta (the titular "½", played by Fujiwara) and of course the money and the houses.
