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Seven Women, Seven Sins

5.8 109 mins Drama   1986
ZDF   Helke Sander Filmproduktion   Variety Motion Pictures   Valie Export Filmproduktion   Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion  
Director(s): Chantal Akerman Maxi Cohen Valie Export Ulrike Ottinger Laurence Gavron Bette Gordon Helke Sander

Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986) represents a quintessential moment in film history. The women filmmakers invited to direct for the seven sins were amongst the world's most renown: Helke Sander (Gluttony), Bette Gordon (Greed), Maxi Cohen (Anger), Chantal Akerman (Sloth), Valie Export (Lust), Laurence Gavron (Envy), and Ulrike Ottinger (Pride). Each filmmaker had the liberty of choosing a sin to interpret as they wished. The final film reflected this diversity, including traditional narrative fiction, experimental video, a musical, a radical documentary, and was delivered in multiple formats from 16, super 16, video and 35mm.

Casts of Seven Women, Seven Sins

Gabi Herz

as Eva (segment "Gluttony")

Michael Dick

as Adam (segment "Gluttony")

Kate Valk

as (segment "Greed")

Rosemary Hochschild

as (segment "Greed")

Roberta Wallach

as (segment "Greed")

Suzanne Fletcher

as Blonde (segment "Greed")

Luis Guzmán

as Lotto Man (segment "Greed")

Alan Colmes

as Participant (segment "Anger")

Sonia Wieder-Atherton

as (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)

Chantal Akerman

as Woman (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)

Susanne Widl

as (segment "Lust")

Peter Weibel

as (segment "Lust")

Ged Marlon

as (segment "Envy")

Evelyne Didi

as (segment "Envy")

Remi Deroche

as (segment "Envy")

Manuela Gourary

as (segment "Envy")

Delphine Seyrig

as Kabuki Theatre Lady (segment "Pride")

Irm Hermann

as Superbia (segment "Pride")

Else Nabu

as Procession member (segment "Envy")

Wolfgang Petrick

as Procession member (segment "Envy")

Gabriele Heidecker

as Procession member (segment "Envy")

Bernhard Jahn-Chor

as Procession member (segment "Envy")

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