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The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 7, 1962

Runtime

1h 53m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

56%

Original Title

Les sept péchés capitaux

Production Companies

Les Films Gibé, Franco London Films, Titanus

Director

Philippe de Broca

Description

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.