Seven Deaths by Prescription

Seven Deaths by Prescription (1975)

7 morts sur ordonnance

Dr. Brézé and his sons, all surgeons with limited abilities fight any competition on their sector with all means.

Date of release
1975-12-03
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (44)
Runtime
1h 46m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Jacques Rouffio

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Cimetière des Carmes
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 3. Including: César Award for Best Editing

7 morts sur ordonnance is a 1975 film directed by Jacques Rouffio. It stars Michel Piccoli, Gérard Depardieu, Jane Birkin, Marina Vlady, and Charles Vanel.

Production

Following his debut in film with L'Horizon (1967), director Jacques Rouffio had several years without film work due to controversy surrounding the film.His second film, 7 morts sur ordonnance was inspired by the suicide of a surgeon in Reims in 1969. The screenwriter Georges Conchon spent time in Reims gathering information on it, which lead to characters in the film such as Professor Brézé being modeled on the surgeon Joseph Bouvier.

Michel Piccoli was cast in the film, and also co-produced it with his company Films 66 who had also produced L'Horizon previously. The film had 6.5 million francs budget and was predominantly a French production, split 60/20/20 between the French companies Belstar Productions and Films 66, with the latter being the Munich-based TIT Filmproduktion and Jet Films from Barcelona.

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