Summary:
After his wife dies, 55-year-old 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. Philip throws off his strait-laced and repressed attitudes, immersing himself in pleasure. After about a year, the women begin to assert their own power. Side adventures pre-figure the household's breakup, and the women depart in one way or another, one at at time. Philip's fate is in the hands of Palmira, his favorite.
| Runtime: | 118 min |
|---|---|
| Rating: | Rated R for strong sexual content including dialogue and pervasive nudity. |
| Production: | Delux Productions |
| Genres: | Drama, Comedy |
| Countries: | Germany, UK, Netherlands, Luxembourg |
| Languages: | English, Italian, Latin, Japanese |
| Home Release Date: | Oct 10, 2000 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Peter Greenaway | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Peter Greenaway | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Amanda Plummer | Beryl |
| John Standing | Philip Emmenthal |
| Matthew Delamere | Storey Emmenthal |
| Polly Walker | Palmira |
| Toni Collette | Griselda/Sister Concordia |
| Vivian Wu | Kito |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Annie Shizuka Inoh | Simato |
| Barbara Sarafian | Clothilde |
| Claire Johnston | Amelia, Philip's Wife |
| Don Warrington | Simon |
| Elizabeth Berrington | Celeste, Emmenthal Maid |
| Kirina Mano | Mio |
| Manna Fujiwara | Giulietta/Half Woman |
| Myriam Muller | Marianne, Emmenthal Maid |
| Natacha Amal | Giaconda The Baby Factory |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Bob Hubar | Executive Producer |
| Denis Wigman | Executive Producer |
| Jimmy de Brabant | Co-Producer |
| Kees Kasander | Producer |
| Kosaku Wada | Line Producer |
| Michael Pakleppa | Co-Producer |
| Terry Glinwood | Executive Producer |
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