8 Women Page #5

Synopsis: One morning at an isolated mansion in the snowy countryside of 1950s France, a family is gathered for the holiday season. But there will be no celebration at all because their beloved patriarch has been murdered! The killer can only be one of the eight women closest to the man of the house. Was it his powerful wife? His spinster sister-in-law? His miserly mother-in-law? Maybe the insolent chambermaid or the loyal housekeeper? Could it possibly have been one of his two young daughters? A surprise visit from the victim's chic sister sends the household into a tizzy, encouraging hysterics, exacerbating rivalries, and encompassing musical interludes. Comedic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Seduction dances with betrayal. The mystery of the female psyche is revealed. There are eight women and each is a suspect. Each has a motive. Each has a secret. Beautiful, tempestuous, intelligent, sensual, and dangerous...one of them is guilty. Which one is it?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Musical
Director(s): François Ozon
Production: USA Films
  11 wins & 30 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
79%
R
Year:
2002
111 min
Website
1,576 Views


That's ok. Mom had to know.

So you are having a baby?|-Yes.

What does your fiance look like?|Does he resemble daddy?

No.

He's tall and blond,|and has green eyes.

You are my love, my friend|All I dream about is you

You, my love:
You, my friend|I only sing for you

My love, my friend|I can't live without you

My love, my friend|And I don't know why

I've never known any other boys|except you

And if I did|I'll forgot about them

Comparing them makes|no sense anyway

But my heart believes it

And it carries your name

You are my love, my friend|I only dream about you

You, my love:
You, my friend|I only sing for you

My love, my friend|I can't live without you

My love, my friend|And I know very well why

You never know|what happens with love

And I always thought|I wouldn't leave you

I left you |Even though I didn't want to

And sometimes I still sing|for you

But love fades

You are my love, my friend|I only dream about you

You, my love:
You, my love|I only sing for you

My love, my friend|I can't live without you

My love, my friend|And I don't know why?

Is he handsome?|-Yes.

I'm crazy about him.|-Lucky girl. What does he do?

He works in a bank.

His own bank?|-No.

Does he have a car?|-No.

What? Is he broke?

You still thinks|money makes people happy?

Does he have a brother?|-No.

Too bad.

You are much too young|for a boyfriend.

Too young...|Always the same!

I'm not a baby anymore!|I'm sick of it.

"Don't read. Don't throw stones.|Don't smoke!

Don't, don't, don't!"

And you dare lecture me?|After what happened to you?

I don't want you to make the same mistakes.|I want to protect you.

Me? Don't you worry about me.

Mom?

What is it?|More shocking news?

No, that was all.

A slut!

A slut, that's what you are.

Those things happen.

In your circles yes.|In ours people get married first.

"Circles" no longer exist.|That's progress.

Should I congratulate her then?|-You could be a bit more forgiving.

We can do without your advice.

I just want to help.

If I remember well,

your belly was getting bigger too,|when you married my brother.

Shut up, you snake!

Thank god Marcel was around.

In detective novels it goes like this:

One of us is lying.|That's the killer.

What helps her is other people|lying, but for other reasons.

To find the murderer,|we must all tell the truth.

Listen...

I have something to say...

Augustine! It's her heart.

Chanel, boil some water.|Suzon, get her medicine.

Where are they?|-In her night drawer.

She needs an injection!

Louise, get the medicine cabinet.|-Me?

I'm not a nurse.|I'm the maid.

But only you can do it!|Refusal is a crime.

As a maid I only do the housekeeping,|laundry and meals.

You can go to jail|if you refuse.

Everyone must know his place.

What if judges become doctors,|or grocers ministers.

Save us your wisdom.|I order you to inject her.

I have no business dealing with|your kind or your grocer...

So madam knows about my kind...?

But because you |ask so nicely,

I'll grant madam|her wishes.

I can't find anything!

She always moves things around.|I'm coming.

Aunt Augustine is looking so pale.

Isn't she faking?|-She's gaining conscience.

Her medicine are gone.

Someone is trying to kill her.

Baby, how are you feeling?

Terrible. My heart has stopped.

It will start beating again.|-I'm dying.

I need my injection. I'm dying!|-You are not dying.

You faint 2 times a day.

Why is everyone just standing there?

We want to help, but your|medicine is missing.

Missing?|-We were afraid to tell you.

I get it! You want me to die.

Like a mutt in the streets.|So I'm not getting an injection.

That's how it is, isn't it?

Fine! I'll die.

I'm going like I came:|without any help!

With my sick heart.|All alone.

Poor Marcel, only he was pure...|He's dead because of your corruption.

"Gondola of Love", chapter eight.

Mamy!

I've found the medicine.|-Hurry! Quick!

Careful. Watch it.

Where did you find them, Suzon?|-Under someone's bed.

Which bed?|-Your bed, mommy.

Mine? But that's impossible.

Someone is trying to accuse me.|-No doubt.

Whoever is doing this do us|must be our enemy.

There is no other explanation.|-Thinking of me again?

Not in particular.

But you know you are in|Marcel's will.

He told me he left you|2 million.

So, Marcel thought about me?|-Don't act so innocent.

You knew he went to his|notary,

and when you were sure|about your inheritance...

I have a different version to tell.

He wanted to include me|in his will,

so you interfered|for your own benefit.

Repulsing!|-Is there a will or isn't there?

If there is, it's not|looking good for me.

But if there isn't,|you are in trouble.

I know the answer.

There is none.

I was talking to daddy|about it yesterday

He said,

"I'm glad you know.|I'll be seeing my notary tomorrow.

I won't forgot you."

A clever way of saying,

"I'm innocent, daddy was going|to put me in his will."

What a despicable insinuation!|You are a monster, Suzon.

I'm not accusing you.|I'm telling you like it is.

You dare to lecture me?

Look at your mother!|And repeat what you just said.

How can you be so bitter when you|went through the same thing?

I'll never get over this.

Excellent acting!|-Shut up you!

Why don't you tell us where you where last night.

I'll save that for the police.

Surely with a man?

I'm dying. Hurry up!

You aren't dying, dearest.|Here's your shot.

Wonderful...

I saw something else under your bed.|-What?

Your bags. Packed...|Ready to leave.

Did you have any plans?

None of your business.

Tell me one thing.

Was daddy my real father?

I don't want to talk about that.

I have a right to know.|You were pregnant when you married daddy.

Tell me!

It doesn't matter anymore.

It's all in that past.

Marcel raised you like|his own daughter.

Who is my father?

A man I loved.

You have his eyes.

His cheek bones.

His face.

It often touches me when you smile.

I look at you, but I see him.|In you.

Where is he now?

He died before you were born.

In a car accident.

I think about him every day.

Seeing you...

Having him so near me...

makes me happy and sad.

Louise not wanting to help!

That isn't normal.

Leave that girl alone.|Why would she kill him?

Because personnel nowadays|isn't what it used to be.

By the way, Chanel,|I don't understand something.

You said you left the house|around midnight.

But I saw you coat and scarf

around 1.30 am,

when I went to get my knitting|in the living room...

You aren't so quiet usually.|Answer me!

Yes, answer.

I came back after 1 am.

Why didn't you say so?

Because I thought you would find|the murderer immediately.

Why did you come back?

I was looking for Pierrette.

And did you find her with daddy|around 1 am? -Yes.

Why where you looking for Pierrette at that hour?

I cannot say...

We decided to tell the truth.

I love Pierrette|and I wanted to protect her.

She likes the wrong kind.

I can't believe it.

Chanel, you love women?|-Is there a law against it?

Do you have something to complain about?|-But...

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François Ozon

François Ozon (French: [fʁɑ̃.swa o.zɔ̃]; born 15 November 1967) is a French film director and screenwriter whose films are usually characterized by sharp satirical wit and a freewheeling view on human sexuality. He has achieved international acclaim for his films 8 femmes (2002) and Swimming Pool (2003). Ozon is considered to be one of the most important French film directors in the new "New Wave" in French cinema such as Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, and Yves Caumon, as well as a group of French filmmakers associated with a "cinema du corps/cinema of the body". more…

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