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Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986)

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Seven Women, Seven Sins (1986)

Overview

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.


Starring Cast


Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High

Viewer Rating
5.5

Overview

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.


Starring Cast

Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

The film's central thesis explicitly promotes a progressive ideology by re-interpreting traditional moral concepts (the seven deadly sins) through a critical, feminist lens, challenging patriarchal norms and offering diverse female perspectives.

This film, directed by Chantal Akerman and Valie Export, deliberately centers its narrative on seven women, a choice that challenges traditional male-dominated casting. The movie is expected to offer a strong critique of traditional identities and societal norms, making themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion central to its narrative.

Secondary

This anthology film, featuring segments by seven female directors, explores various facets of women's experiences and the seven deadly sins. The narrative does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes, focusing instead on broader feminist and humanistic explorations.

The film "Seven Women, Seven Sins" does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes across its various segments. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate regarding transsexual identity or experiences.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

This film is an anthology of original segments by seven female directors, each exploring a deadly sin. It does not adapt pre-existing material with established characters, nor does it feature historical figures or legacy characters. All characters are original creations for the film.

This film is an original anthology featuring new characters created for each segment. There are no pre-existing characters from source material, prior installments, or historical records whose race could have been altered.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.5

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
5.6
The Movie Database logo
5.3

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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N/A

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