French-release movie poster for the film The Seven Year Itch. It prominently features the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe in a white dress, with the French title "7 ans de réflexion.
Sent by Paige from Maine, USA.
The Seven Year Itch is an American comedy film by Billy Wilder , released in 1955 .
In a style dear to the director, the film begins with a sequence among the Algonquin Indians who gave the name Manhattan to this famous island of New York a few hundred years ago: the warriors bid farewell to their wives and children who are leaving for cooler regions during the great summer heat, and immediately afterwards fall under the spell of young and charming squaws...
Richard Sherman, an executive at a small publishing house specializing in cheap (re)editions with enticing covers, accompanied his wife Helen and son Ricky to the train station for the same reason: they were leaving the New York heat for Maine , much more welcoming in the summer. Barely separated, sensual temptations were already present and menacing, but Richard vowed never to succumb to them, just as he would never succumb to alcohol or cigarettes, following the advice of his wife and doctor (read more).
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