Seven Capital Sins

An enjoyable, light-hearted episode film that combines the talents of many top New Wave directors with the seven capital sins--Anger, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, Laziness, Pride, and Greed. The most enjoyable skit is De Broca's "Gluttony," a tale of a family driving to a funeral. They stop to eat once too often and arrive too late for mass, but just in time for the funeral banquet. Vadim's "Pride" also packs a satiric punch in its telling of an adulterous wife, Vlady, who decides not to run off with her lover when she discovers that her husband, Aumont, is having an affair. More important than her lover is the need to defend her household and marriage from another woman....