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Actors: Amanda Plummer, Sean Pertwee, Nick Brimble
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Seven Days to Live |
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Directed by Sebastian Niemann in 1999. After the accidental death of their son, Ellen and Martin Shaw move in in an old house lost in the countryside. Martin is a writer and must find the inspiration. But Ellen will suffer from hallucinations from the first day in her new house. Somebody seems to want to inform her that she does have only a few days to live and tells her each day how much days remain before her death.
As to Martin, his behavior changes complétement during these few days; he becomes irritable, shuts himself up for hours in the cellar and makes fun of the anguishes of his wife. Ellen, finally, will learn, by questioning her neighbors, that, 23 years before, there was a murder in her very house. She returns home, with the intention to convince Martin to set out again for the city but her husband has become completely insane, he blows her and finally tries to kill her.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Seven Days to Live |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 60%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1980's-1999
Horror film?
Yes
Horror Plotlets:
- haunted house or boat
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker/wife
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric:
Yes
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- red
Hair style
- medium/shoulderlgn, straight (woman)
Body type
- average (woman)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
How sensitive is this character?
- soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- writer
Eccentric:
Yes
- mentally ill
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 80%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
Forest?
Yes
Misc setting
- cave
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- drowned
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
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