Seven directors each dramatize one of the seven deadly sins in a short film. In "Anger," a domestic argument over a fly in the Sunday soup escalates into nuclear war. In "Sloth," a movie star would rather pay someone to tie his shoe than bend over to do it himself, and he can't be bothered to accept a starlet's sexual favors. In "Gluttony," a peasant family on its way to the funeral of a relative who died from indigestion stops regularly to eat and drink en route, arriving in time to eat some more. In "Greed," a high-class prostitute refunds the price of a cadet's lottery ticket. In "Pride," an unfaithful wife finds reason to reform. And so on through lust and envy.
Cast
Danièle Barraud
Suzon, Prostitute (segment "L'avarice")
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Raymond (segment "L'avarice")
Jacques Charrier
Antoine (segment "L'avarice")
Claude Rich
Armand (segment "L'avarice")
Sacha Briquet
Harry (segment "L'avarice")
Jean-Claude Brialy
Arthur (segment "L'avarice")
Dany Saval
Rosette (segment "L'envie")
Claude Brasseur
Riri (segment "L'envie")
Geneviève Casile
Rita Gerly (segment "L'envie")
Jean Murat
Duchemin (segment "L'envie")
Jacques Monod
Monsieur Jasmin (segment "L'envie")
Georges Wilson
Valentin (segment "La gourmandise")
Marcelle Arnold
L'Épouse de Valentin (segment "La gourmandise")
Paul Préboist
Alphonse - le Facteur (segment "La gourmandise")
Magdeleine Bérubet
Nénesse - la Belle-Mère (segment "La gourmandise")
Jean Desailly
Monsieur Duparc - le Père de Bernard (segment "La luxure")
Micheline Presle
Madame Duparc - la Mère de Bernard (segment "La luxure")