8 WOMEN

8 WOMEN (8 FEMMES), 2002

France, Japan | DVD, Color, 111’ | French, English

Cast:Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Béart, Danielle Darrieux

In 1950s France, in a remote country house, a family has gathered to celebrate Christmas. But the family patriarch has been found murdered, and what should have been a festive Christmas celebration suddenly becomes a drama-filled whodunit. The killer is one of the eight women in the house, and a number of mysterious family secrets will come to light before she is caught. Clearly inspired by 1950s and 1960s melodramas and musicals, 8 Women won the Golden Bear at the 2002 Berlin Film Festival.