Seven Beauties

This dark seriocomedy earned Lina Wertmuller the first Best Director Academy Award nomination for a woman. Giancarlo Giannini plays Pasqualino, a small-time crook trying to support his sisters in WWII Italy. After killing a pimp, Pasqualino’s attempts to save his family’s honor finds him in the Italian Army, and ultimately, into the hands of an obese concentration camp commandant (Shirley Stoler). With Fernando Rey, Elena Fiore. 117 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: Italian; Subtitles: English; documentary excerpt; interview; theatrical trailers. In Italian with English subtitles.