Seven Beauties
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1h 56m
Directed by Lina Wertmüller • Arthouse • 1976 • Italy • Italian with English subtitles
Starring Giancarlo Giannini, Fernando Rey, Shirley Stoler
Lina Wertmüller became the first woman ever nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in this picaresque film about an Italian small-time crook whose ill-fated pursuits land him in jail, then a psych ward, then the army, and finally a German prison camp. "Seven Beauties" was also nominated for three more Academy Awards as well as recieved a Golden Globe nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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