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Seven Women, Seven Sins

5.3 109 mins Drama   1986
ZDF   Helke Sander Filmproduktion   Variety Motion Pictures   Valie Export Filmproduktion   Ulrike Ottinger Filmproduktion  
Director(s): Valie Export Laurence Gavron Helke Sander Maxi Cohen Bette Gordon Chantal Akerman Ulrike Ottinger

Release Date: 19 Sat, Apr 1986

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 Katherine (segment "Greed")

Rosemary Hochschild

as Prostitute (segment "Greed")

Roberta Wallach

as Woman in red (segment "Greed")

Suzanne Fletcher

as Blonde (segment "Greed")

Luis Guzmán

as Lotto Man (segment "Greed")

Alan Colmes

as Participant (segment "Anger")

Louis Eppolito

as Himself (segment "Anger")

Chantal Akerman

as Film Director (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)

Sonia Wieder-Atherton

as Woman playing the cello (segment Portrait d'une Paresseuse)

Susanne Widl

as Nellie (segment "Lust")

Peter Weibel

as Politician (segment "Lust")

Ged Marlon

as Armand (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 "Pride")

Wolfgang Petrick

as Procession member (segment "Pride")

Gabriele Heidecker

as Procession member (segment "Pride")

Bernhard Jahn-Chor

as Procession member (segment "Pride")

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