7 Years

Story

Synopsis

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

Director

Jean-Pascal Hattu

Language

English

Country

France

Release date

1 January 2006

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Valérie Donzelli

  Maïté

• Cyril Troley

  Jean

• 

  Bruno Todeschini

  Vincent

• Pablo de la Torre

  Julien

• 

  Nadia Kaci

  Djamila

• Arnaud Toussaint

  le surveillant