Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie ...
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| Danièle Barraud | ... | Suzon, prostitute | |
| Jean-Pierre Cassel | ... | Raymond (segment "Avarice, L'") | |
| Jacques Charrier | ... | Antoine (segment "Avarice, L'") | |
| Claude Rich | ... | Armand (segment "Avarice, L'") | |
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Sacha Briquet | ... | Harry (segment "Avarice, L'") |
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| Claude Brasseur | ... | Riri (segment "Envie, L'") | |
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Geneviève Casile | ... | Rita Gerly (segment "Envie, L'") |
| Jean Murat | ... | Duchemin (segment "Envie. L'") | |
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Jacques Monod | ... | Monsieur Jasmin (segment "Envie, L'") |
| Georges Wilson | ... | Valentin (segment "Gourmandise, La") | |
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Marcelle Arnold | ... | L'épouse de Valentin (segment "Gourmandise, La") |
| Paul Préboist | ... | Alphonse - le facteur (segment "Gourmandise, La") | |
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Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Godard has the best segment, he's got Eddy Constantine playing a loafer for a change, not his Lemmy Caution-like nerveless violence. The cheesy Hawaiian music suits the story well. It's more verite than we are used to from Godard. After Sloth, we get Pride from Roger Vadim, and the banality of the story is relieved by some good acting by Sami Frey and Marina Vlady. I always thought it was a shame Vlady wasn't more popular; she had a gorgeous sleek cat's face and could do comedy. Chabrol is last with Greed, and he shows the usual facility and empty social commentary we have come to expect from him.