Seven Beauties Summary
MPAA Rating: R
Director: Lina Wertmüller
Genres: Comedy Drama
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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
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