7 Days
(2010)
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7 Days
(2010)
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Claude Legault | ... | |
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Martin Dubreuil | ... | |
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Fanny Mallette | ... |
Sylvie Bérubé
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Rose-Marie Coallier | ... |
Jasmine Hamel
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Alexandre Goyette | ... |
Boisvert
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Dominique Quesnel | ... |
Maryse Pleau
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Pascale Delhaes | ... |
Diane Masson
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Pascal Contamine | ... |
Morin
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Daniel Desputeau | ... |
Gilles Médecin
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Maxime Bessette | ... |
Jeune rocker
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Valérie Gervais-Lillo | ... |
Caissière essence
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Isabelle Page | ... |
Lectrice de nouvelles
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Maxime Allard | ... |
Journaliste Fafard
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Garry Gagnon | ... |
Caméraman Fafard
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Bruno Hamel is a thirty eight year old surgeon. He lives in Drummondville with his wife Sylvie, and their eight year-old daughter Jasmine. Like many happy people, he is leading an uneventful life until a beautiful fall afternoon, when his daughter is raped and murdered. From then on, the world of the Hamel family collapses. When the murderer is arrested, a terrible project germinates in Bruno's darkened mind. He plans to capture the "monster" and make him pay for his crime. The day the murderer appears in Court, Hamel, who had prepared his plan in great detail, kidnaps the monster and later sends the police a brief message stating that the rapist and murderer of his daughter was going to be tortured for 7 days and then executed. Once this task accomplished, he will then give himself up. Written by Deanne Sowter
Just finished seeing Les 7 jours du talion and I have to admit that words cannot begin to describe how that movie will affect you. The acting is superb, it is very much a "huis-clos" as we call it in French, a duel of actors in an enclosed space where no one else can see them.
I'm not a fan of torture porn, I've never seen the Saw and Hostel movies as they aren't my cup of tea personally. Warning here that the violence, though rare, is very graphic and realistic. But the characters are very convincing, especially in what they DON'T say aloud. And I agree with the choice not to add a soundtrack to that movie, it would detract from the tension in it.
I know that I normally buy a DVD of a really outstanding movie, but I'll pass on this one, though it is outstanding. It's just that the dark side of human nature does not always bear repeat contemplation.