Synopsis
The film is set in the 1950s in a large country residence, as a family and its servants are preparing for Christmas, when the master of the house is discovered dead in his bed, with a dagger stuck into his back. The murderer must be one of the eight women in the house at the time, and in the course of the investigations each has a tale to tell and secrets to hide.
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Plot and/or ending details follow.
............Eventually, Mme Chanel decides to reveal the solution to the mystery, but Catherine (the daughter) takes the lead, revealing that she had hidden in her father's closet, and had seen the other women all talk to Marcel the night before, and explains the mystery: Marcel had faked his own death, with her help, to see what was really going on in his house. She claims that he is now free of the other women's clutches, and rushes into his bedroom, only to see him shoot himself in the head, in absolute despair. Mamy ends the film with the song "Il n'y a pas d'amour heureux" (There is no happy love).
Cast
* Danielle Darrieux: Mamy, the victim's mother-in-law
* Catherine Deneuve: Gaby, the victim's wife
* Isabelle Huppert: Augustine, the victim's sister-in-law
* Emmanuelle Béart: Louise, the new chambermaid
* Fanny Ardant: Pierrette, the victim's sister
* Virginie Ledoyen: Suzon, the victim's eldest daughter
* Ludivine Sagnier: Catherine, the victim's youngest daughter
* Firmine Richard: Madame Chanel, the cook
* Dominique Lamure: Marcel, the victim
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