La settima donna (1978)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Franco Prosperi

Writers:

Romano Migliorini (screenplay)
Gianbattista Mussetto (screenplay)
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Release Date:

20 April 1978 (Italy)

Genre:

Drama | Thriller | Horror

Plot:

Sister Cristina (Florinda Bolkan) plays a nun who takes the teenage girls in her care to a remote house where they rehearse A Midsummer Night's Dream...

Plot Keywords:

Thug | Nun | Revenge | House | Sadism

Cast

Florinda Bolkan	...	Sister Cristina
Ray Lovelock	...	Aldo
Flavio Andreini	...	Walter
Stefano Cedrati	...	Nino
Sherry Buchanan	...	Lisa
Laura Tanziani
Luisa Maneri	...	Matilde (as Annaluisa Pesce)
Laura Trotter
Karina Verlier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Isabel Pisano	...	Maid
Giuseppe Marrocco	...	Man in the bank (uncredited)
Luciano Zanussi	...	Man in the bank (uncredited)

Directed by
Franco Prosperi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Romano Migliorini		screenplay
Gianbattista Mussetto		screenplay
Ettore Sanzò		story

Produced by
Pino Buricchi	....	producer

Original Music by
Roberto Pregadio

Cinematography by
Cristiano Pogany

Film Editing by
Francesco Malvestito

Production Design by
Dario Micheli

Costume Design by
Dario Micheli

Makeup Department
Maria Teresa Corridoni	....	hair stylist
Corrado Cristofori	....	hair stylist
Claudia Giustini	....	makeup artist
Lamberto Marini	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Paolo Bistolfi	....	production supervisor
Francesco Giorgi	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francesca Roberti	....	assistant director
Flavia Sante Vanin	....	assistant director (as Flavia Vanin)

Art Department
Augusto La Valle	....	props
Silvio Schettino	....	assistant production designer

Sound Department
Benito Alchimede	....	sound
Luciano Anzellotti	....	sound effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Walter Civirani	....	still photographer
Nunzio Colucci	....	chief electrician
Renato Doria	....	camera operator
Orlando Zuccheri	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Clara Fratarcangeli	....	seamstress
Carmela Rimini	....	seamstress (as Maria Carmela Rimini)

Editorial Department
Alberto Vari	....	second assistant editor
Andrea Vari	....	first assistant editor

Music Department
Edda Dell'Orso	....	backing vocals

Other crew
Romano Cannavacciuolo	....	administrator
Romano Cannavacciuolo	....	cashier
Giovanna Lai	....	script supervisor
Carmelo Occhipinti	....	production secretary

Production Companies

• Magirus Film

Distributors

• Sazuma Trading (2007) (Austria) (DVD)
• Severin Films (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Terror (USA) (video title)
The Last House on the Beach (USA) (video title)
The Seventh Woman (International: English title) (informal literal title)

Runtime:

86 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:(Banned) (video premiere) | Germany:BPjM Restricted

Company:

Magirus Film

Soundtrack:

Place for the Landing

The Seventh Woman

Just for the record, the Italian title of this film is "The Seventh Woman".

Three bank robbers on the run in their aging Citroen come across a remote beach house & find that as a perfect place to hide out. Trouble is, though, the house is occupied, by a few Catholic school girls and their teacher, who is also a nun. The sadistic bank robbers move right on in, kill the maid, and then proceed to have their way with a a couple of the girls and their teacher. One girl spurned one robber's advances with a deftly aimed comb handle to the groin area, and he's not doing too well, though.

The girls, of course, and the nun, are not about to continue to be subjected to rape & torture, and eventually get the upper hand.

This is no where near as nasty as "Last House On The Left", it's more a rather pale imitation. Still though, it's a decent enough exploitation film, if you like that sort of thing, but there's nothing to elevate it above that particular distinction. 6 out of 10.