Tonight on TV: Watch out, you might not recover from the end of this masterful thriller

After signing many music videos and other commercials, David Fincher started his seventh art in 1992 with Alien 3. A baptism of fire, of which he has no fond memories, his freedom of maneuver was greatly curtailed by 20th Century Fox. With Seven, three years later, the aspiring director saw that the chance of a lifetime was waiting for him. He found in the independent studio New Line Cinema an ideal partner to create a project over which he would have complete control.

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Skillfully written by Andrew Kevin Walker, the film tells the story of two police officers, William Somerset, an almost retired cop, and young David Mills, investigating a psychopathic serial killer who methodically plans his murders according to the seven deadly sins: greed. , greed, laziness, lust, pride, envy and anger.

released in 1995, seven is a landmark in the history of serial killer movies. From the great start to the efficiency of the Morgan Freeman-Brad Pitt duo. mankind.

First of all, what we remember from the feature film is its ending. Bold, tormenting, terribly pessimistic. It took all the tenacity of Fincher and his cast to keep it going, against the advice of the studio, which wanted a more classic action-oriented ending. But it is undoubtedly the merit of this sequence, which will haunt you for a long time, that seven became a legend.

commercial and critical success, seven It grossed $327 million at the worldwide box office on a production budget of $33 million. In France, cinemas attract almost 5 million viewers.

With an average viewer rating of 4.5/5, seven is the David Fincher feature film most appreciated by AlloCiné netizens (tied to Fight Club).

seven David Fincher with Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow…

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