Summaries

A man is murdered in an isolated chalet, and the eight female residents are all suspects; their secrets are revealed as they try to determine who is guilty.

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?—Anthony Pereyra <[email protected]>

In a home in the snowy French countryside, an industrialist has been murdered. There are eight suspects, all women: his wife, Gaby; their two daughters, Suzon and Catherine; Gaby's neurotic sister, Augustine, and greedy mother; the industrialist's floozy sister, Pierrette; the cook, Chanel, and the new maid, Louise. The phone is dead, the car has been damaged, and the house is isolated because of a snowstorm. So it's up to these eight women to discover who among them is the murder, as well as uncover various hidden secrets from each other that include greed, jealousy, pregnancies, adultery, theft, hidden love, and, perhaps even, murder.—Will

One morning the industrialist Marcel is found stabbed in his room. Eight women are his potential murderers: His wife Gaby, his daughters Suzon and Catherine, his mother-in-law Mamy, his sister-in-law Augustine, his sister Pierette, the cook Chanel and the maid Louise. The house is isolated in a snowstorm, the phone is dead and one of them has to be the culprit. Mutual suspicions reveal the various secrets in their lives.—Moritz Muehlenhoff <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • 1950s
  • adultery
  • female female kiss
  • dysfunctional family
  • maid
Genres
  • Comedy
  • Crime
  • Romance
  • Musical
Release date Feb 5, 2002
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin Italy France
Official sites Official site
Language French
Production companies Canal+ Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC) BIM Distribuzione

Box office

Budget $8000000
Gross US & Canada $3098776
Opening weekend US & Canada $52489
Gross worldwide $42426583

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 51m
Color Color
Sound mix DTS Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

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