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The 7th Day

2004 · 103 min

A slow-burning rural tragedy that weighs decades of hatred, building to a grim and inevitable reckoning.

Tagline
Thirty years of hatred. One bloody Sunday
Overview
Isabel Jimenez is a teenager witnessing a horrible feud between her own family and the Fuentes family, a feud involving broken hearts, property disputes and a mysterious fire that destroyed the Fuentes house. Isabel's uncle is murdered by Jeronimo Fuentes, who later tries to stab her father. After Jeronimo dies in jail, Isabel must look outside of her family for the truth, learning from the village idiot that her father may have set fire to the Fuentes home.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • family
  • violence
  • guilt
  • memory
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror3
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Carlos Saura
Written by
Ray Loriga
Starring
Juan Diego, José Luis Gómez, José Garcia, Victoria Abril, Yohana Cobo, Eulalia Ramón, Ramon Fontserè, Carlos Hipólito
Music
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Cinematography
François Lartigue
Runtime
103 min
Country
France, Spain
Languages
Spanish

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