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Synopsis:
Philip Emmenthal, a wealthy
Genevan businessman inherits
eight and half Pachinko
Parlours, the gambling houses
found on every Japanese city
high street. His son, Storey,
agrees to manage them and
he acquires Japanese
enthusiasms which include a
fascination for Japanese
earthquakes which appeal to
his gambling spirit of
ungiveable odds. Who can bet
on death by earthquake?
After the death of Philip's wife,
Storey tries hard to distract his
father's grief, and he
introduces him to the
splendour, excitement and
variety of the women in the
films of Fellini, especially the
women in Fellini's
masterpiece, Fellini Eight and
a Half. Father and son begin to
imagine the possibilities of
inventing a private bordello of
their own in their large
Genevan family-house.
Comment:
A film that explores the roots of male sexual fantasy and its consequences.