Seven Beauties (1976)
- Starring:
- Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, (more)
- Director(s):
- Lina Wertmüller
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Seven Beauties
Italian filmmaker Lina Wertmuller directs the black comedy Pasqualino Settebellezze (Seven Beauties). During WWII, Pasqualino Frafuso (Giancarlo Giannini) ends up lost in a dense forest along with fellow army deserter Francesco (Piero De Orio). After they witness a mass execution by German soldiers, Francesco admits his moral opposition to the Nazis and Pasqualino reveals his criminal past in a series of flashbacks. Back in Naples, he was known as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties," a petty thief who lived off the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost. When Totonno (Mario Conti) pimps out his sister Concettina (Elena Fiore), Pasqualino kills him, chops up his body, and mails each piece across the country. He is then arrested and sent to a mental institution, where he commits sexual assault against another patient. Kicked out of the asylum, he is sent to fight in the army. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp. He then plots to make his escape by demoralizing himself in an attempt to seduce a German officer (Shirley Stoler). Seven Beauties was nominated for four Academy Awards in 1977, including Best Foreign Film. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 116 mins
Complete Cast of Seven Beauties
- Giancarlo Giannini - Pasqualino Frafuso
- Shirley Stoler - Commandant
- Doriglia Palmi - Doctor
- Enzo Vitale - Don Raffaele
- Ermelinda de Felice - Mother
- Francesca Marciano - Carolina
- Fernando Rey - Pedro
- Elena Fiore - Concettina
- Lucio Amelio - Lawyer
- Roberto Herlitzka - Socialist
- Mario Conti - Totonno
- Piero di Otio - Francesco
- Director(s):
- Lina Wertmüller
- Writer(s):
- Lina Wertmüller
- Producer(s):
- Lina Wertmüller, Arrigo Colombo, Giancarlo Giannini
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- R(Violence, Adult Language, Not For Children, Adult Situations, Nudity)
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