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Seven Beauties

Original title: Pasqualino Settebellezze
  • 19751975
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  • 1h 56m
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Giancarlo Giannini in Seven Beauties (1975)
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The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.The defense of honor, a strong value in Neapolitan society, and its effects on the life of everyman Pasquale Frafuso.
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    • Lina Wertmüller
    • Lina Wertmüller
  • Stars
    • Giancarlo Giannini
    • Fernando Rey
    • Shirley Stoler
    • Lina Wertmüller
    • Lina Wertmüller
  • Stars
    • Giancarlo Giannini
    • Fernando Rey
    • Shirley Stoler
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    • 49User reviews
    • 40Critic reviews
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    • Nominated for 4 Oscars

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    Giancarlo Giannini
    Giancarlo Giannini
    • Pasqualino Frafuso
    Fernando Rey
    Fernando Rey
    • Pedro
    Shirley Stoler
    Shirley Stoler
    • The Prison Camp Commandant
    Elena Fiore
    Elena Fiore
    • Concettina Frafuso
    Piero Di Iorio
    • Francesco
    Enzo Vitale
    • Don Raffaele
    Roberto Herlitzka
    Roberto Herlitzka
    • Socialist
    Lucio Amelio
    • Lawyer
    Ermelinda De Felice
    • Signora Frafuso
    Bianca D'Origlia
    • The Psychiatrist
    Francesca Marciano
    Francesca Marciano
    • Carolina
    • (as Francesca Marciani)
    Mario Conti
    • Totonno
    Barbara Valmorin
    Barbara Valmorin
    • The Prison Camp Commandant's Secretary
    Emilio Salvatore
    Aristide Caporale
    • Madman
    • (as Aristide Caporali)
    Pasquale Vitiello
    Luciano Foti
    • Kapo
    • (uncredited)
    Veriano Ginesi
    • Smoking Patient in Aversa
    • (uncredited)
      • Lina Wertmüller
      • Lina Wertmüller
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    • Trivia
      With this film, Lina Wertmüller became the first woman ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The only other women to be so nominated are Jane Campion for The Piano (1993) and The Power of the Dog (2021), Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation (2003), Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker (2008), Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird (2017), Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman (2020), and Chloé Zhao for Nomadland (2020). Bigelow won first, followed 11 years later by Zhao, while Campion finally won hers the year after.
    • Goofs
      Seven minutes in, when Pasqualino sees civilians being cut down with machine-gun fire, there is no blood spray when they're shot and subsequently no blood on any of the corpses.
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      Narrator: The ones who don't enjoy themselves, even when they laugh. Oh yeah. The ones who worship the corporate image, not knowing that they work for someone else. Oh yeah. The ones who should have been shot in the cradle... Pow! Oh yeah. The ones who say 'Follow me to success, but kill me if I fail... so to speak.' Oh yeah. The ones who say we Italians are the greatest he-men on earth. Oh yeah. The ones who are noble Romans, the ones who say 'That's for me,' the ones who say 'You know what I mean.' Oh yeah. The ones who vote for the right because they're fed up with strikes. Oh yeah. The ones who vote white in order not to get dirty. The ones who never get involved with politics. Oh yeah. The ones who say 'Be calm, calm.' The ones who still support the king. The ones who say 'Yes, sir.' Oh yeah. The ones who make love standing in their boots, and imagine they're in a luxurious bed. The ones who believe Christ is Santa Claus as a young man. Oh yeah. The ones who say 'Oh, what the hell.' The ones who were there. The ones who believe in everything, even in God. The ones who listen to the national anthem. Oh yeah. The ones who love their country. The ones who keep going, just to see how it will end. Oh yeah. The ones who are in garbage up to here. Oh yeah. The ones who sleep soundly, even with cancer. Oh yeah. The ones who, even now, don't believe the world is round. Oh yeah, oh yeah. The ones who are afraid of flying. Oh yeah. The ones who have never had a fatal accident. Oh yeah. The ones who have had one. The ones who, at a certain point in their lives, create a secret weapon, Christ. Oh yeah. The ones who are always standing at the bar. The ones who are always in Switzerland. The ones who started early, haven't arrived, and don't know they're not going to. Oh yeah. The ones who lose wars by the skin of their teeth. Oh yeah. The ones who say 'Everything is wrong here.' The ones who say 'Now let's all have a good laugh.' Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah.

    • Alternate versions
      In the United States the film was shown in both a subtitled and English-dubbed versions.
    • Connections
      Edited into Bellissimo: Immagini del cinema italiano (1985)

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    The wild twists and turns of an indomitable human spirit
    Wertmueller has created a wonderful, rich and full portrait of a petty criminal whose life takes a series of severe and life changing turns. While the character of Pasqualino (Giannini)is presented as a 'cafone' (clown), his life's situation is one that is sympathetic. As we follow the course of this period of his life, we see Pasqualino's character change from insignificant ne'er-do-well into an Everyman caught up in the horrors and inhumanity of war.

    Giannini portrays his character from start to finish with all the authenticity that he brings to all of his work. As Pasqualino, he plays the clown, the would-be criminal, inmate, soldier but above all a man surviving by his wits and to the best of his ability in the insane situation of war.

    The defining scene of Pasqualino's spirit takes place during his German captivity as he stands, with hands on head (after refusing to inform on his fellow POWs), singing 'Maria' in his guttural, gritty voice. This simple yet powerful scene touches every heart as Pasqualino's fight for human dignity is clear.

    Once again, Wertmueller has given us a capsule of Italian life during a horrendous period of history and has made it relevant to us all, for all time.
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      • January 21, 1976 (United States)
      • Italy
      • Italian
      • German
      • Neapolitan
      • Spanish
      • English
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      • Naples, Campania, Italy
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      • Medusa Distribuzione
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    • 1 hour 56 minutes
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