Seven Beauties

Seven Beauties

Directed by Lina Wertmüller

Produced by Medusa Distribuzione

1975116 min7.5 / 10

A darkly comic, morally ambiguous war drama that uses a petty criminal's survival through seduction and compromise to interrogate honor, masculinity, and the dehumanizing machinery of fascism.

Pasqualino Frafuso, known in Naples as "Pasqualino Seven Beauties" is a petty thief who lives off of the profits of his seven sisters while claiming to protect their honor at any cost, Pasqualino is arrested for murder and later sent to fight in the army after committing sexual assault. The Germans capture him and he gets sent to a concentration camp where he plots to make his escape by seducing a German officer.

Questions people ask

  • Is Seven Beauties scary? Yes. More frightening than 87% of films.

  • Is Seven Beauties sad? Yes. More sad than 82% of films.

  • Is Seven Beauties easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Seven Beauties violent? Somewhat. More violent than 71% of films.

  • Does Seven Beauties end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 70% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

89/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

There is almost nothing else like this.

Rarity86

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise93

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love88

How much audiences actually like it

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Like Seven Beauties

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Seven Beauties

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Seven Beauties, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Seven Beauties, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Seven Beauties, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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