Screen iceberg Catherine Deneuve is not normally associated with high hilarity, but for her role in the ensemble comedy, 8 Women, all bets are off.

Having discovered what he calls a "really stupid play" from the 1960s, director Francois Ozon turned that stupid play into a very funny movie and upped the ante on the humour front by casting a handful of France's most revered actresses. In addition to Deneuve, the film stars Isabelle Huppert, Fanny Ardant, Emmanuelle Beart, Danielle Darrieux, Virginie Ledoyen, Ludivine Sagnier and Firmine Richard.
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English intellectual Peter Greenaway's cinema remains carnal, perverted and sometimes disgusting.

But he always spruces up his gutter sensibilities with a glossy shine, a painterly vision and an astonishing bravado that is difficult to deny. Greenaway's latest slice of beautiful ugliness, the Fellini-inspired 8 1/2 Women, is no exception.
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