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Format: VHS
Feb 1999
Not Rated
Recording Mode: Mono
113 min.
B&W
UPC: 720917014456 |
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Movie Description
Banking on the worldwide success of the French New Wave, seven directors combine their voices for this surprisingly comic and playful ode to THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS. Sylvain Dhomme's ANGER satirically shows how a happy, utopian world collapses into hatred and violence at the mere appearance of a fly in a bowl of soup. Edouard Molinaro's ENVY upholds the you-always-want-what-you-haven't-got theory, following a pretty maid who yearns for superstardom when a famous actress arrives at her hotel. Phillippe De Broca's GLUTTONY tells the tale of an aging man whose insatiable appetite causes him to miss an important family funeral. Jacques Demy's LUST is a laid-back tribute to lechery, focusing on two young men who are filled with desire for the opposite sex. Jean-Luc Godard's SLOTH features actor Eddie Constantine playing himself as a man whose laziness is so powerful that it overwhelms all the other deadly sins. Roger Vadim's PRIDE concerns two married couples who are having an affair with each other's partner, resulting in a revelation that ends the cheating once and for all. Finally, Claude Chabrol's GREED is a sweet fable about 25 cadets who pool their money together in order for one of them to spend the night with a gorgeous prostitute. Lighthearted and humorous, this film proves that collaborations between filmmakers can inspire striking results.
Synopsis
THE SEVEN DEADLY SINS finds seven of France's best directors in a relaxed and mischievious mode. Jean-Luc Godard's SLOTH and Jacques Demy's LUST highlight this episodic film made by some of the most talented directors of the French New Wave.
Film Notes
Theatrical release: March 7, 1962.
Quotations
"How funny a penguin looks in a meadow."--Rosette (Dany Saval)
"The sun and death. You don't stare directly at them."--Eddie Constantine (playing himself), speaking to Nicole Mirel (playing herself)
"I'd like to be ten minutes younger."--Catherine (Marina Vlady)
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