Woman Times Seven (1967)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Vittorio De Sica

Writers:

Peter Baldwin (writer)
Cesare Zavattini (writer)

Release Date:

27 June 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

As Naughty As A Black Lace Nightgown!

Plot:

Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession," a wayward widow at her husband's funeral; "Amateur...

Plot Keywords:

Actress Playing Multiple Roles | Episodic Structure | Omnibus

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Shirley MacLaine	...	Paulette / Maria Teresa / Linda / Edith / Eve Minou / Marie / Jeanne
Elspeth March	...	Annette - episode 'Funeral Procession'
Peter Sellers	...	Jean (segment "Funeral Procession")
Rossano Brazzi	...	Giorgio - episode 'Amateur Night'
Laurence Badie	...	Prostitute - episode 'Amateur Night'
Judith Magre	...	Bitter Thirty - episode 'Amateur Night'
Catherine Samie	...	Jeannine - episode 'Amateur Night'
Zanie Campan	...	episode 'Amateur Night'
Robert Duranton	...	Didi - episode 'Amateur Night'
Lex Barker	...	Rik - episode 'Super Simone'
Elsa Martinelli	...	Pretty woman - episode 'Super Simone'
Robert Morley	...	Dr. Xavier - episode 'Super Simone'
Jessie Robins	...	Marianne, Edith's Maid - episode 'Super Simone'
Patrick Wymark	...	Henri (segment "At The Opera")
Michael Brennan	...	(segment "At The Opera")

Also Known As:

Sept fois femme (France)
Sette volte donna (Italy)

Runtime:

100 min | USA:108 min (DVD version)

Country:

Italy | France | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

UK:12 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Embassy Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Vittorio Gassman is not listed in the on-screen credits even though he plays the male lead in the "Two Against One" segment and his name and picture appeared on US posters for the film.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In "The Suicides" vignette, the characters scrawl a French profanity on the wall of their hotel room, yet when they play a long scene in front of a mirror in which the word is reflected, the word doesn't appear backwards as it normally would.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in O apithanos (1970)

It's Shirley times seven!

With Shirley MacLaine in a variety of different wigs and costumes (and a large variety of co-stars in the cast including Alan Arkin, Rossano Brazzi, Shirley's "Gambit" co-star Michael Caine, Anita Ekberg, Vittorio Gassman and a pre-"Being There" Peter Sellers), I was terrified this was going to be a replay of MacLaine's all-star marital farce "What a Way to Go!" Not quite, as Shirley is playing seven different women this time, in seven short stories about love and sex. The opening tale involving Shirl in a funeral procession is very witty, but the other six seem to progressively lose steam. Not the tour-de-force MacLaine's fans were probably hoping for, it does have some cute bits and pieces but suffers from a muddy production and tepid handling overall. *1/2 from ****