The Seven Deadly Sins (1962)

The vision of the seven deadly sins by seven French directors as follows: (1) Anger: In a gentle French town, several men find flies in their Sunday soups. They have arguments with their wives, that grows successively to the streets, country and world. (2) Gluttony: A family arrives late for the buffet of the funeral of the father of the patriarch. (3) Envy: The maid Rosette is envious of a movie star that is lodged in the hotel she works. Rosette seduces her lover and later she returns to the hotel as a client. 4) Lust: Two friends discuss the meaning of lust. One of them recalls that when he was a child, he misunderstood the meaning of lust with luxury. (5) Sloth: An aspirant actress asks for a ride to the actor Eddie Constantine with the clear intention to seduce him. They go to his apartment, but Eddie is so lazy that does not have sex with her to avoid having to dress again. (6) Pride: One unfaithful couple cheats each other. The businesswoman has a love affair with a man that asks her to travel to Paris with him and get married when she gets the divorce. Her husband is a salesman that cheats her with her friend Heloise. (7) Greed: Seven university students want to have sex with an expensive prostitute that charges 50,000 francs to spend a night with the client. They decide to make a lottery with 25 students giving 2,000 francs each. On the next morning, the prostitute asks the winner how he got money to be with her, and he tells about the lottery. She says that she will return his money but greed wins.

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Summary Details
Running Time1 hr 53 min
GenresComedy
FilmmakersRole
Philippe de Broca Director
Claude Chabrol Director
Jacques Demy Director
Sylvain Dhomme Director
Jean-Luc Godard Director
Édouard Molinaro Director
Roger Vadim Director
Max Douy Director
Eugène Ionesco Writer
Claude Mauriac Writer
Daniel Boulanger Writer
Jacques Demy Writer
Jean-Luc Godard Writer
Félicien Marceau Writer
Roger Vadim Writer
Claude Chabrol Writer
Daniel Boulanger Writer
Félicien Marceau Writer
Roger Peyrefitte Writer
Sacha Distel Composer
Pierre Jansen Composer
Michel Legrand Composer
Henri Decaë Cinematographer
Louis Miaille Cinematographer
Jean Penzer Cinematographer
Jean Rabier Cinematographer
Jean Feyte Editor
Jacques Gaillard Editor
Max Douy Production Designer
Bernard Evein Production Designer
CastRole
Marie-José Nat
La jeune femme (segment "Colère, La")
Dominique Paturel
Le mari (segment "La Colère")
Danièle Barraud
Suzon, prostitute (segment "Avarice, L'")
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Raymond (segment "Avarice, L'")