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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Nudity, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1976 DVD Release: 11/17/1998 Format: DVD Audio Tracks: English, Italian Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 55 mins Studio: Fox Lorber Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Comedy Drama, Black Comedy, Farce, Tragi-comedy See Also: 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, All Movie Guide

Giancarlo Giannini - Pasqualino Frafuso
Fernando Rey - Pedro
Shirley Stoler - Commandant
Elena Fiore - Concettina

Take a journey into the soul of a cowardly Italian crook and lady-killer (legendary Italian actor Giancarlo Giannini) in this Academy Award nominated comedy-drama from famed director Lina Wertmüller -- arriving on DVD from Fox Lorber Home Entertainment. Presented in 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen and accompanied by audio rendered in a selection of either English or Italian Dolby Digital Stereo, this release also offers filmographies for the films cast and crew. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide