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It seamlessly blends slapstick comedy with the "absolute lowest depths of human cruelty".

The film’s most famous—and "grotesque"—sequence involves Pasqualino deciding to seduce the camp’s "sadistic" and corpulent female commandant (Shirley Stoler) as his only path to survival. Wertmüller uses this disturbing scenario to strip away Pasqualino’s remaining shreds of dignity, transforming his survival from a "triumph" into a cold, cynical "expression of the life force". Why It Matters: Cinematic History Pasqualino_Settebellezze_1974_HD_-_Altadefinizi...

Seven Beauties is a "painful, startling reflection" on how easily society accepts cruelty and how the "normal" can do terrible things to survive. It’s a film that demands to be seen, even as it makes you want to look away. It seamlessly blends slapstick comedy with the "absolute

If you have ever wondered just how low a person will sink to stay alive, provides a haunting, darkly comedic answer in her 1975 masterpiece, Seven Beauties (originally Pasqualino Settebellezze ). Why It Matters: Cinematic History Seven Beauties is

To avoid prison, he pleads insanity, only to volunteer for the Italian Army to escape the horrors of the psychiatric ward.

For this film, Lina Wertmüller became the first woman ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director .