Synopsis
A French/Italian co-production with two episodes from Italy and five from France covering the seven deadly sins---actually eight as two of the sins are covered in one episode while a new "eighth unknown sin" has an episode of its own. Gerald Philipe is a wry, flip carnival barker who introduces each episode and then narrates the last episode dealing with the "eighth unknown sin" which is the sin of thinking evil where none exists. The first Italian contribution is "Avarice and Anger" concerning a well-to-do real estate agent and his frowzy wife, both uncompromisingly selfish in love and economics; the second Italian entry, "Envy", directed by Roberto Rossellini, from a story by Colette, is a glimpse into the newly-married life of an aging artist and his young wife, whom he treats as a chattel and she, consumed by the envy of his talent, friends and even his cat, tries to do away with the cat; "Pride" is about a couple of down-at-the-heels aristocrats trying to keep up pretenses in the...
Credits
Directors (8)
Actors (59)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producers : Les Films Gibé, Franco-London Films
- Foreign production company : Titanus Produzione
- Film exports/foreign sales : Gaumont
- French distribution : Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Full credits (9)
- Screenwriters : Daniel Boulanger, Jacques Demy, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Eugène Ionesco, Félicien Marceau, Roger Peyrefitte
- Dialogue Writers : Daniel Boulanger, Claude Chabrol, Jacques Demy, Jean-Luc Godard, Félicien Marceau
- Directors of Photography : Henri Decaë, Jean Penzer, Jean Rabier, Louis Miaille, Giovanni Pucci
- Music Composers : Michel Legrand, Sacha Distel, Pierre Jansen
- Assistant directors : Eugène Ionesco, Charles Bitsch, Guy Gilles
- Editors : Jean Feyte, Jacques Gaillard
- Sound Recordist : Jean Labussière
- Production managers : Jean Lavie, Claude Mauriac
- Production Designers : Max Douy, Bernard Evein
Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Comedy, Anthology film
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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