7 Years
6.0
A devoted young woman becomes ensnared in a web of sexuality and betrayal in Jean-Pascal Hattu’s consistently unpredictable and finely wrought character study. A vividly realistic psychosexual drama, the film’s sharp emotional honesty heralds a distinct new voice from a promising young director. Hattu soon reveals that Maite’s husband Vincent is in prison for an unspecified crime, and that she has promised to wait for him and attend to his laundry (if not his conjugal needs) during his incarceration. On one of her weekly visits, Maite meets Jean, an oddly inquisitive and boldly flirtatious prison warden, and soon the two commence a joyless affair. Seemingly smitten with Maite, Jean, in a gesture of kindness to his lover, eases up on her husband behind bars; the two become pals and even engage in some homoerotic shower talk. —Robert O’Shaughnessy
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Cast
19 people
Valérie Donzelli
Maïté
Known for
Declaration of War
Notre Dame
Cyril Troley
Jean
Also in
Paria
The Betrayal
Jean-Pascal Hattu
Justin Taurand
Also in
House of Pleasures
The Sword and the Rose
Bruno Todeschini
Vincent
Known for
The Connection
Delicacy
Pablo de la Torre
Julien
Also in
Elles et moi
Du goût et des couleurs
Nadia Kaci
Djamila
Known for
Papicha
It All Starts Today
Gilles Taurand
Arnaud Toussaint
le surveillant
Known for
The Colors of Fire
Operation Portugal
Guillaume Daporta
Fabrice Mansouri
Gardien 1
Martine Verdeau
Patronne salon de beauté
Jean-Pascal Hattu Director
Worldwide gross $67K · United States release January 1, 2006 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$67,405
Production
Les films du Bélier
Production
Soficinéma 2
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
7 ans
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
United States · January 1, 2006
Theatrical
Argentina
April 26, 2007
Canada
September 8, 2006 · Toronto International Film Festival
France
November 15, 2006 · Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Italy
September 3, 2006 · Venice Film Festival
Japan
October 6, 2007
Philippines
June 10, 2011 · French Film Festival
Poland
July 25, 2007 · ERA New Horizons Film Festival
Serbia
February 25, 2007 · Belgrade Film Festival
Uruguay
March 19, 2008 · Montevideo
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