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 - 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 daughters? A surprise visit from the victim's chic sister sends the household into a tizzy, encouraging hysterics, exacerbating rivalries and encompassing musical interludes. Comic situations arise with the revelations of dark family secrets. Seduction dances with betrayal. The mystery of the female psyche is revealed. Eight women. Each is a suspect, each has a motive, each has a secret. One of them is guilty.
Genre: Art/Foreign, Comedy, Crime/Gangster, Musical, and Mystery
Duration: 1 hr. 43 min.
Starring: Emmanuelle Beart, Virginie Ledoyen, Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert,
Director: Francois Ozon
Producer: Olivier Delbosc
Distributor: Focus Features (USA Films)
Release Date: September 20, 2002 (LA/NY).
Writer: Francois Ozon, Marina De Van, Robert Thomas
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