7 Years (7 ans) 18 years old

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

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7 Years Cast

Name Character
Valérie Donzelli She was 32, now 51 years old as Maïté
Bruno Todeschini He was 43, now 62 years old as Vincent
Nadia Kaci She was 36, now 54 years old as Djamila
Cyril Troley as Jean

7 Years Crew

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7 Years (18 years)

  • Release day: Sunday, January 01, 2006
  • Runtime: 86 minutes