Film

7 Years

2006 · 1h 26m · Drama

IMDb

6.1

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

Valérie Donzelli

Maïté

Cyril Troley

Jean

Bruno Todeschini

Vincent

Pablo de la Torre

Julien

Nadia Kaci

Djamila

Arnaud Toussaint

le surveillant

• Jean-Pascal HattuDirector

Release date

January 1, 2006

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama