Seven Capital Sins
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marie-josé Nat
Dominique Paturel
Jean-marc Tennberg
Perrette Pradier
Dany Saval
Geneviève Casile
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
ANGER: One peaceful Sunday, several husbands find flies in their soups. As each one accuses his wife of deliberately creating the incident, domestic squabbles erupt. The mounting anger spreads throughout the town, and eventually the whole world destroys itself in an atomic holocaust. ENVY: Rosette, a discontented chambermaid at a country inn, seduces a wealthy industrialist who is the benefactor of a movie star. When she becomes the industrialist's mistress and returns to the inn as a guest, Rosette discovers that she envies the carefree pleasures of the new chambermaid. GLUTTONY: After his father dies from indigestion, Valentin, a farmer, takes his family to the funeral. Because of numerous stops for food, they arrive too late for the services but manage to make the banquet that follows. As they gorge themselves, they contemplate future funeral banquets. LUST: Two young artists, Bernard and Paul, sit at a sidewalk cafe and visualize the passersby without clothes. They attempt to pick up a pretty girl, but their efforts are unsuccessful. LAZINESS: Actor Eddie Constantine is so lazy that when a young starlet, Nicole, tries to seduce him, he resists the offer because it would be too much of an effort to remove his clothing and dress again. PRIDE: As a young wife plans to run off with her lover, she discovers that her husband has a mistress. Outraged, she abandons her lover to defend her home against the other woman. GREED: Twenty-five cadets pool their funds and draw lots for the money to buy the services of Paris' highest paid prostitute. The winner is Antoine, a shy virgin who impresses the girl; and she returns his share of the money.
Cast
Marie-josé Nat
Dominique Paturel
Jean-marc Tennberg
Perrette Pradier
Dany Saval
Geneviève Casile
Claude Brasseur
Jean Murat
Jacques Monod
Paulette Dubost
Paul Demange
Georges Wilson
Marcelle Arnold
Magdelaine Berubet
Paul Préboist
Henri Virlojeux
Laurent Terzieff
Jean-louis Trintignant
Paul Desailly
Micheline Presle
Corinne Marchand
Eddie Constantine
Nicole Mirel
Marina Vlady
Jean-pierre Aumont
Sami Frey
Michèle Girardon
Jacques Charrier
Danièle Barraud
Jean-claude Brialy
Jean-pierre Cassel
Claude Rich
Sacha Briquet
Jean-claude Massoulier
André Jocelyn
Claude Berri
Michel Benoist
André Chanal
Serge Bento
Crew
Daniel Boulanger
Philippe De Broca
Claude Chabrol
Henri Decaë
Jacques Demy
Jacques Demy
Sylvain Dhomme
Sacha Distel
Max Douy
Bernard Evein
Jean Feyte
Jacques Gaillard
Jean-luc Godard
Jean-luc Godard
Eugène Ionesco
Eugène Ionesco
Pierre Jansen
Jean Lavie
Michel Legrand
Joseph E. Levine
Félicien Marceau
Claude Mauriac
Louis Miaille
Edouard Molinaro
Jean Penzer
Jean Penzer
Roger Peyrefitte
Jean Rabier
Tonio Suné
Roger Vadim
Roger Vadim
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Opened in Paris in March 1962 as Les sept péchés capitaux; running time: 110 min; in Rome in April 1962 as I sette peccati capitali. Episode titles: "La colère," "Ira" ("Anger"), "L'envie," "Invidia" ("Envy"), "La gourmandise," "Gola" ("Gluttony"), "La luxure," "Lussuria" ("Lust"), "La paresse," "Pigrizia" ("Laziness"), "L'orgueil," "Orgoglio" ("Pride"), "L'avarice," "Avarizia" ("Greed").
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter January 16, 1963
Dyaliscope
Re-released in Amsterdam April 20, 1990.
Released in United States Winter January 16, 1963
