In a house with eight women, the unique man in the house is found dead on his bed, stabbed on the back. He was the husband and father of three of them, and had some type of connection with the others. The eight women are trapped in the house, surrounded by a heavy snow, without a telephone line or a car, which were sabotaged. Dirty secrets are revealed along the story, showing that the house is indeed a nest of snakes, culminating in a surprising end, with lots of black humor. This movie has some of the best actresses from French contemporary cinema. The story is too short, therefore the director used lots of boring songs, with a ridiculous choreography, to complete the running period. It looks like a theater play, basically taking place in one scenario only. Catherine Deneuve is very fat and swelled, and uses some costumes with a large stripe around the belly to hide her shape. Isabelle Huppert is too much caricatural, performing a middle age single woman. Her character has irritated me, how ridiculous she is. The rest of the cast shows good shape and great performance. Maybe the greater problem was the expectation I had with this film: too much propaganda and very overrated in the critics. The conclusion of the plot is really worthwhile. My vote is six.
Title (Brazil): `8 Mulheres' (`Eight Women')
Title (Brazil): `8 Mulheres' (`Eight Women')