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Seventh Heaven

Original title: Le septième ciel
  • 19971997
  • 1h 28m
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Le septième ciel (1997)
  • Drama
The slightly kleptomanic 29-year-old Mathilde is experiencing strange swoonings since a few days. There she encounters a mysterious doctor who treats her with hypnosis therapy. As she gets b... Read allThe slightly kleptomanic 29-year-old Mathilde is experiencing strange swoonings since a few days. There she encounters a mysterious doctor who treats her with hypnosis therapy. As she gets better her husband Nico does not. He even has problems recognizing his wife, especially whe... Read allThe slightly kleptomanic 29-year-old Mathilde is experiencing strange swoonings since a few days. There she encounters a mysterious doctor who treats her with hypnosis therapy. As she gets better her husband Nico does not. He even has problems recognizing his wife, especially when she has an orgasm while in bed with him. So he also goes to a psychiatrist, but the ther... Read all
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  • Director
    • Benoît Jacquot
  • Writers
    • Benoît Jacquot
    • Jérôme Beaujour
  • Stars
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Vincent Lindon
    • François Berléand
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  • Director
    • Benoît Jacquot
  • Writers
    • Benoît Jacquot
    • Jérôme Beaujour
  • Stars
    • Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Vincent Lindon
    • François Berléand
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    • 3User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Sandrine Kiberlain
    Sandrine Kiberlain
    • Mathildeas Mathilde
    Vincent Lindon
    Vincent Lindon
    • Nicoas Nico
    François Berléand
    François Berléand
    • Le docteuras Le docteur
    Francine Bergé
    • La mère de Mathildeas La mère de Mathilde
    Pierre Cassignard
    • Etienneas Etienne
    Philippe Magnan
    Philippe Magnan
    • Le praticienas Le praticien
    Florence Loiret Caille
    Florence Loiret Caille
    • Chloéas Chloé
    • (as Florence Loiret)
    Léo Le Bevillon
    • Arthuras Arthur
    Sylvie Loeillet
    • Assistante de Nicoas Assistante de Nico
    Anne Fassio
    Pascale Mariani
    Geoffrey Bateman
    Geoffrey Bateman
    Louis Lindon
    Jean-Claude Barban
    Eriq Ebouaney
    Eriq Ebouaney
    Marc Rioufol
    Marc Rioufol
    Maria da Conceica Ferreira
    Pascal Daubias
    • Director
      • Benoît Jacquot
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      • Benoît Jacquot
      • Jérôme Beaujour
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    The slightly kleptomanic 29-year-old Mathilde is experiencing strange swoonings since a few days. There she encounters a mysterious doctor who treats her with hypnosis therapy. As she gets better her husband Nico does not. He even has problems recognizing his wife, especially when she has an orgasm while in bed with him. So he also goes to a psychiatrist, but the therapy does not seem to work... —Marco Radke <ds@serve.com>
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    Challenging but Worth It (I think!)
    Seventh Heaven seems to be a "snapshot" of a married relationship that has reached a development stage that neither husband nor wife fully understands. Married for awhile, a son of 6 or 7, a nanny, a nice apartment; he's a surgeon and she's a lawyer/notaire, no apparent money problems. To my mind, what's occurring is partly stagnation and partly depression. There are at least two key factors: 1) The wife is experiencing largely psychosomatic fainting spells, often related to her low-level but historic kleptomania, and 2) The husband is not exactly losing interest but confused over her malady. She winds up seeing a man she literally runs into, who turns out to be a hypnotist; a result is both apparent cessation of her thieving as well as the achievement of the ability to experience orgasm, apparently for the first time in her life. Up until that point in their sex life, the husband has satisfied himself as the wife lies quietly, telling him "not to worry, I just don't get there." Then in her "new life" they're making love and she has an orgasm that she obviously enjoys and in which she wants to include him, but it scares him to death and affects both his desire and performance -- perhaps not untypically for many men. In the end, after much to-ing and fro-ing, they begin to see the changes as being positive; he through conversation with both a fellow doc at his hospital and with another hypnotist that he is unable to relate to. The resolution phase is, to me, fraught with a lot of significant messages that are both non-verbal and hard to "catch" as the movie moves on, but the denouement seems to click. I want to say I wish the film had been more explicit, but that's probably exactly the reason it's so good. It's worth a shot.
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    • Release date
      • July 31, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Official site
      • Zeitgeist Films
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Siódme niebo
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Canal+
      • Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC)
      • Cinéa
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $79,808
    • Gross worldwide
      • $79,808
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 28 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby SR
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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