| Seven Beauties | |
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 Italian theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Lina Wertmüller |
| Written by | Lina Wertmüller |
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| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Edited by | Franco Fraticelli |
| Music by | Nando de Luca e Enzo Jannacci |
Production company | Medusa Distribuzione |
| Distributed by | Medusa Distribuzione |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $1.4 million[1] |
Seven Beauties (Italian: Pasqualino Settebellezze, "Pasqualino Sevenbeauties") is a 1975 historical black comedy drama Italian film written and directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, and Shirley Stoler.
Written by Wertmüller, the film is about an Italian everyman who deserts the army during World War II, is captured by the Germans and sent to a prison camp, where he does anything he can to survive. Through flashbacks, we learn about his seven unattractive sisters, his accidental murder of one sister's lover, his imprisonment in an insane asylum—where he rapes a patient—and his volunteering to be a soldier to escape confinement.
For her work on the film, Wertmüller became the first woman nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director. The film received three other Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Foreign Language Film.[2] It also received a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.[3]
The production design and costume design are by Wertmüller's husband, Enrico Job.
- ^ Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 297. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
- ^ "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2012-03-25.
- ^ "Best Foreign Language Film". Golden Globes. Archived from the original on 15 December 2009.