“ Seven deaths by prescription ” ( fr. Sept morts sur ordonnance ) - a film, a psychological psychological drama directed by Jacques Ruffio . France, 1975. In the USSR, it was shown in limited rental in May 1977 under the name "In the networks of the mafia."
| Seven Prescription Deaths | |
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| Sept morts sur ordonnance | |
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Jacques Ruffio |
| Producer | Jacques Dorfmann Francis Giraud Michelle Piccoli |
| Author script | Georges Conchon Jacques Ruffio |
| In the main cast | Michelle Piccoli Gerard Depardieu Jane Birkin Marina Vladi |
| Operator | Andreas Winding |
| Composer | Philip Sard |
| Film company | Belstar Productions, Films 66, TIT Filmproduktion GmbH |
| Duration | 105 min |
| A country |  France  Germany  Spain |
| Tongue | French |
| Year | 1975 |
| IMDb | ID 0073685 |
Content
Story
In a provincial French city, private cardiologists, led by Professor Brezet (Vanel), suffer losses from the effective work of the surgeon Pierre Lossre (Piccoli), who operates on social costs. They are trying to lure him to their side, increasingly increasing psychological pressure after each refusal to cooperate. Analyzing the events, Lossre, with the help of the local police commissioner Giraud (Ferrandis), restores the causes of the recent death of the family of a young, somewhat ambitious, but talented surgeon Dr. Berg (Depardieu). The latter learned that Brese is a collaborator who worked as mayor of this town under the Vichy regime . However, the Brese gang exploited Berg's weakness for a card game and publicly convicted him of cheating . With daily blackmail, they drove the young doctor to despair: he killed his wife and three young children, after which he shot himself. Pierre Lossre unsuccessfully tries to unveil the truth, but, unable to resist the conspiracy of silence, kills himself and his wife. According to the authors, the film is based on real events.
Cast
- Michelle Piccoli - Dr. Pierre Lossre
- Marina Vladi - Muriel Lossre, his wife
- Gerard Depardieu - Dr. Jean-Pierre Berg
- Jane Birkin - Janet Berg, His Wife
- Charles Vanel - Professor Brese
- Antonio Ferrandis - Commissioner Giraud
- Colin Cerro - Madame Mouvany
Rewards
The film was nominated for the Cesar Award in the categories: for best film , for best male role - Depardieu; for the best original or adapted script - Conson, Ruffio; for the best installation . However, he won only in the nomination for the best installation.
Links
- Seven Prescription Deaths on the Internet Movie Database
- Seven prescription deaths on allmovie