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| Les Sept péchés capitaux | |
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| Directed by | Philippe de Broca Claude Chabrol Jacques Demy Sylvain Dhomme Max Douy Jean-Luc Godard Eugène Ionesco Edouard Molinaro Roger Vadim |
| Written by | Daniel Boulanger Claude Chabrol Jacques Demy Jean-Luc Godard Eugène Ionesco Félicien Marceau Roger Peyrefitte |
| Produced by | Jean Lavie Claude Mauriac Tonio Suné |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë Louis Miaille Jean Penzer Giovanni Pucci Jean Rabier |
| Edited by | Jean Feyte Jacques Gaillard |
| Music by | Sacha Distel Pierre Jansen Michel Legrand |
| Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $9.9 million[1] |
Les Sept péchés capitaux is a 1962 Frenchfilm composed of seven different segments, one for each of theseven deadly sins, each being by different directors and featuring different casts. At the time it served as a showcase for rising directors and stars, many of whom achieved later fame.
Directed by Sylvain Dhomme andMax Douy from a script byEugène Ionesco. Anger seizes a man who finds a fly in his Sunday soup. It spreads through his neighborhood, his city, his country and soon the whole world.
Directed byÉdouard Molinaro. StarringDany Saval (Rosette) andClaude Brasseur (Riri). Envious of a movie star who is staying at the hotel where she works, the waitress Rosette does everything she can to seduce the actress's lover. Some time later, after having realized her ambition, she returns to the hotel as a client.
Written and directed byJean-Luc Godard.Eddie Constantine, who plays himself, is approached by a starlet who he takes to his home with well-stated intentions. But the hero's laziness is so relentless that nothing untoward happens.
Directed byJacques Demy from a script by himself andRoger Peyrefitte. Jacques (Laurent Terzieff) and Bernard (Jean-Louis Trintignant) search for the definition of lust in a reproduction ofThe Garden of Earthly Delights byHieronymus Bosch. Bernard recalls his childhood with his parents (Jean Desailly andMicheline Presle), when he confusedlust with luxury. Also featuresNicole Berger.
Directed byRoger Vadim from a script byFélicien Marceau.A woman (Marina Vlady) leaves her lover (Sami Frey) to return to her husband (Jean-Pierre Aumont) who cheats on her, something that his pride can not admit.
Directed byPhilippe de Broca from a script byDaniel Boulanger. Valentin (Georges Wilson) travels to the burial of his father who died of indigestion, but stopping to eat on the way causes him to be late for the meal which follows the funeral.
Directed and scripted byClaude Chabrol. A group of university students in Paris dream of a night of love with Suzon, whose rates are staggering. To raise the money, they organize a lottery among themselves so that at least the winner will enact their fantasy. Actors includeClaude Berri,Jean-Claude Brialy,Jean-Pierre Cassel,Claude Rich,Jacques Charrier and Claude Chabrol himself as a pharmacist (the career his father wanted for him).
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