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Article: They sing, they dance, they kill: Catherine Deneuve and seven other great French actresses try to solve a murder between musical numbers in Francois Ozon's delicious 8 Women.
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- October 1, 2002
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8 Women * Written and directed by Francois Ozon * Starring Catherine Deneuve, Fanny Ardant, Isabelle Huppert, and Emmanuelle Beart * Focus Features
Imagine if Agatha Christie had written The Women, and producer Ross Hunter hired Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Jacques Demy to collaborate on a musical version of it in French with an all-star cast. Believe it or not, that's the simplest way to describe 8 Women--the latest and most purely entertaining work from openly gay rising French auteur Francois Ozon. Even if you're not familiar with the names mentioned above, it's hard to dismiss the fun to be had from a movie starring Catherine Deneuve, Isabelle Huppert, Fanny ...