8 femmes (2002)

Director:

François Ozon

Writers:

François Ozon (writer)
Robert Thomas (play)
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Release Date:

20 September 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Musical | Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Tagline:

Living in a house full of women can be murder.

Plot:

One murdered man, eight women, each seeming to be more eager than the others to know the truth. Gimme, gimme, gimme some clues to make up my mind. And eventually enter the truth. Oh, thou cruel woman!

Plot Keywords:

Maid | Murder | Seduction | Pregnancy | Digit In Title

Awards:

8 wins & 25 nominations

Cast

Danielle Darrieux	...	Mamy
Catherine Deneuve	...	Gaby
Isabelle Huppert	...	Augustine
Emmanuelle Béart	...	Louise
Fanny Ardant	...	Pierrette
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Suzon
Ludivine Sagnier	...	Catherine
Firmine Richard	...	Madame Chanel
Dominique Lamure	...	Marcel, the husband

Directed by
François Ozon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marina de Van		writer
François Ozon		writer
Robert Thomas		play

Produced by
Stéphane Célérier	....	associate producer
Olivier Delbosc	....	producer
Marc Missonnier	....	producer

Original Music by
Krishna Levy

Cinematography by
Jeanne Lapoirie

Film Editing by
Laurence Bawedin

Casting by
Antoinette Boulat

Production Design by
Arnaud de Moleron

Set Decoration by
Marie-Claire Quin

Costume Design by
Pascaline Chavanne

Makeup Department
Jean-Charles Bachelier	....	key hair stylist
Fabienne Bressan	....	key hair stylist
Agathe Dupuis	....	key hair stylist
Cédric Gérard	....	key makeup artist
Thi Thanh Tu Nguyen	....	key makeup artist
John Nollet	....	key hair stylist
Gill Robillard	....	key makeup artist
Myriam Roger	....	key hair stylist
Hervé Soulié	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Christine De Jekel	....	production manager
Marie-Eve Graviou-Dural	....	unit manager
Mélanie Karlin	....	post-production supervisor
Gilles Monnier	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hubert Barbin	....	first assistant director
Cyril Duval	....	second assistant director
Guillaume Huin	....	trainee assistant director
Nicolas Ronchi	....	third assistant director

Art Department
François Aïssa	....	carpenter
Céline Barray	....	set dresser
Philippe Boutillier	....	sculptor
Bernard Chenevier	....	carpenter
Henri Demonio	....	carpenter
Christophe Doubliez	....	carpenter
Nicolas Doyon	....	construction coordinator
Pierre Duboisberranger	....	first assistant art director
Jean-Baptiste Gallou	....	head painter
François Hennequin	....	painter
Christophe Hervé	....	painter
Antoine Hoog	....	painter
Emmanuel Jaffre	....	carpenter
Jean-Louis Lalet	....	property master
Mick Lanaro	....	music art director
Loïc Le Moigne	....	painter
Norbert Luchessi	....	head carpenter
Christelle Maisonneuve	....	set dresser
Elodie Martin	....	assistant art director
Franck Miniconi	....	painter
Laurent Moizo	....	painter
Louis Morand	....	carpenter
Bruno Peschard	....	props
Santiago Isidro Pin	....	painter
Marie-Claire Quin	....	set dresser
Carole Récamier	....	upholsterer
Serge Royo	....	carpenter
Marjorie Thomas	....	painter

Sound Department
Charles Autrand	....	assistant sound editor
Christophe Bourreau	....	foley artist
Vincent Breau	....	sound assistant
Frédéric Cattoni	....	stereo sound consultant: DTS
Bernard Chaumeil	....	sound assistant
Samuel Dequidt	....	assistant sound editor
Philippe Dongé	....	sound recordist
Pierre Gamet	....	sound
Benoît Hillebrant	....	sound editor
Jean-Pierre Laforce	....	sound mixer
Lionel Le Bras	....	boom operator
Stéphan Lucas	....	sound recordist
Pedro Marques	....	synchronization sound engineer
Michel Monier	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Julien Perez	....	sound recordist
Pascal Vonhatten	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Christophe Messaoudi	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Nicolas Kermel	....	digital artist
Christopher Grandel	....	trailer digital effects, Howard Anderson Company (uncredited)

Stunts
Pascaline Girardot	....	stunts
Pascal Guégan	....	stunt coordinator
Pascal Guégan	....	stunts
Crystal Samani	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Nicolas Dixmier	....	gaffer
Mickael Georgeault	....	electrician
Alexandre Gotkovski	....	electrician
Yorick Le Saux	....	camera operator
Jean-Claude Moireau	....	still photographer
Carlos Ribeiro	....	grip
Benoît Rizzoti	....	assistant camera
Didier Rollot	....	electrician
Hervé Rousset	....	key grip
Ludovic Simeon	....	second assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Hélène Cassard	....	costumer
Isabelle Guérin	....	costumer
Emma Lebail	....	costumer (as Emma le Bail)
Hélène Robin	....	costumer
Monique Tourret	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Christian Dutac	....	color timer
Delphine Illouz	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Daniel Fauré	....	composer: song "Pour ne pas vivre seul"
Bruno Fontaine	....	musician: piano
Bruno Fontaine	....	orchestrator
Jil	....	composer: song "Papa t'es plus dans l'coup"
Gene Kelly	....	composer: song "Pour ne pas vivre seule"
Didier Lizé	....	score mixer
Edouard Dubois	....	music consultant (uncredited)

Other crew
Thierry Chapat	....	administrator
Sébastien Charles	....	choreographer
Marylène Dastugue	....	production secretary
Marina de Van	....	collaborator
Agathe Grau	....	script supervisor
Amélia Guyader	....	production assistant

Thanks
Dominique Besnehard	....	thanks

Production Companies

• BIM
• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Fidélité Productions
• France 2 Cinéma
• Gimages 5
• Local Films
• Mars Distribution

Distributors

• Celluloid Dreams (2002) (worldwide) (all media) (sales)
• BIM Distribuzione (2002) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Cinemien (2002) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Constantin Film (2002) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Filmcoopi Zürich (2002) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
• Mars Distribution (2002) (France) (theatrical)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (VHS)
• CinemaFilm (Argentina)
• Focus Features (USA) (subtitled)
• GAGA
• Homescreen (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (DVD)
• Imagem Filmes (Brazil) (VHS)
• Impuls Home Entertainment (2002) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Shoval Communications (Israel)
• UGC Films
• USA Films (USA)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2003) (Germany) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Iris Camera  camera equipment
• Locaflash  lighting equipment
• SIF309 Film & Music Productions  film score recording
• Telegrip  grip equipment

Also Known As:

8 Women (International: English title)
8 donne e un mistero (Italy)
Huit femmes (France) (alternative spelling)
8 mujeres (Argentina) (Chile) (Spain) [es]
8 Frauen (Austria) (Germany) [de]
8 Mulheres (Brazil) [pt]
8 femei (Romania) [ro]
8 kadin (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
8 kobiet (Poland) [pl]
8 kvinder (Denmark) [da]
8 kvinner (Norway) [no]
8 kvinnor (Sweden) [sv]
8 nö (Hungary) [hu]
8 naist (Estonia) [et]
8 naista (Finland) [fi]
Hachinin no onna-tachi (Japan) [ja]

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexual content.

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

France | Italy

Language:

French | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Certification:

Malaysia:18PL | Iceland:L | Portugal:M/16 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Canada:14A | Chile:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Singapore:M18 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of the Grisons) | UK:15 | USA:R

Company:

BIM

Trivia:

Pierette (Fanny Ardant) tells Augustine (Isabelle Huppert) that she looks like a woman from one of her romance novels, "La Dame Aux Camélias". Huppert actually played Alphonsine in _Storia vera della signora dalle camelie, La (1980)_, an adaptation of that novel.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): On two occasions the ladies refer to the gun as a revolver but it is clearly a semi-automatic pistol.

Quotes:

Pierrette: As you ladies want the whole truth, I'd like to add a tidbit of information you lack.
Gaby: What is it this time?
Pierrette: Marcel and your new maid, Louise, have known each other for five years.
Gaby: What?
Pierrette: Five years of rented rooms and secret weekends. This winter you needed a maid, so Louise got hired.
[leaning in towards Gaby]
Pierrette: It's called "in-home service."

Movie Connections:

Featured in Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)

Soundtrack:

A quoi sert de vivre libre

Well crafted drama/mystery/musical...

1st watched 1/23/2005 - 9 out of 10(Dir-Francois Ozone): Well crafted drama/mystery/musical that is so full it's hard to critique into a summary. The basic plot is that 8 related women find themselves in the same place at approximately the same time when the lone man is presumed to be murdered, who happens to be the grandfather, father, husband, bearer of child, lover etc… of the women(not necessarily in that order). You talk about complexity of plot? Every time someone opens their mouth another twist is thrown into the mix. I think it would take at least another viewing to understand everyone's relationship with everyone else by the end of the movie. And besides this, musical numbers are thrown in to help us understand the characters that are sung by themselves and sometimes backed up by the rest of the cast(ala Bollywood). One thing I have always noticed about French movies is that they come across as a confused people but they're OK with that, instead of the American's who believe that "they" have the answers to everything. This makes it slightly un-comfortable for us pompous Americans to view movies like this where every "real" thing in life is kind of taken with a little tongue-in-cheek mentality but this is the reality of their people and it's present often in their movies. Good for them!! This is so evident in this movie where because of it's mystery plot, we think that who did the killing is what's important, but what we find out is that there is much more behind the so-called answer we're seeking which makes for a very complex experience. Thank you French cinema. Without it there would not be movies like this.