A fantastic thriller about events that took place in the near future, intrigued with its plot even when the first information about the beginning of work on it appeared. The film crew and the actors of “Secrets of the Seven Sisters” tried to tell an interesting story about what the planet can expect in a few years. This article will let you know who played the main roles and what the film is about.
"Secrets of the Seven Sisters": the plot
The demographic crisis has led the government to decide to limit the birth of children. Now each family is allowed to have no more than one child. A special bureau carefully monitors the implementation of the law - “extra” children are seized and taken to a special center where they must spend several years in cryosus until the problem of overpopulation of the planet is resolved. An identification bracelet is made for each person, without which it is impossible to pass by roadblocks and even go to the store.
In the Settman family, 7 girls are born right away. Mother dies during childbirth. Grandfather decides to hide the fact of the twins. He gives them names in honor of the days of the week and for each he makes bracelets for one name - Karen Settman. Girls take turns going to school, and then to university. They have meetings every day - they discuss the events that have taken place to keep abreast of all matters. They should all look the same.
After 30 years, the girls still live according to the schedule established by their grandfather. They take turns to go to work at the bank. But one day, Monday does not return from service. The sisters were scared, and Tuesday went to work to find out the situation. There she found out that Monday received a promotion and went to celebrate it at the bar. At this moment, the bureaucrats grab the girl and bring her to the head of the corporation, Nicolette Cayman. She knows about the existence of seven sisters. In order to deal with the girls, she sends a squad to their apartment.
The group breaks into the home, but the sisters manage to repulse the attack, however Sunday dies of severe injuries. Wednesday decides to visit Jerry, who was at the bar on Monday, and find out the truth. By threats she forces him to tell the truth. It turns out that my sister signed a contract, and thanks to her, Nicolette received a huge amount of money for her election senatorial campaign. A sniper kills a talkative guy, and agents enter the apartment. Wednesday manages to deal with them and tries to hide on the roofs. After an unsuccessful jump, she hangs on the ledge. An agent shoots her in the head and she falls from a great height.
Adrian Knoles came to visit his sweetheart Karen. Saturday manages to play the role of one of the girls and crack the sleeping lover's bracelet. She sees the living sister in the cell and finds out that the guy was in a relationship with Monday. When Adrian leaves for service, colleagues come to his house and kill Saturday. The second squad stormed the girls' apartment. Friday sacrifices itself to help the sisters escape. Tuesday was able to get into the car, where the bodies of the dead were put. Adrian was driving. She told him the whole story and swapped places with Friday in a corpse bag. The girl was brought to the Bureau, where she was able to free herself.
Together with Adrian, they learn that children are burned, and no cryosus exists. They destroy the group of executioners and open the cell where Thursday is imprisoned. But it turned out that her eye was pulled out, with the help of which the capture group opened the door to their apartment. Nicolette is preparing for the presentation of his propaganda video. Tuesday accidentally stumbles on the toilet on Monday. She reveals the truth to her - she betrayed the sisters, as she was the eldest and considered herself the only real Karen. After the fight, Tuesday and Adrian replace the files, and everyone sees a video in which they show the burning of children. Monday is trying to shoot her sister, but Adrian kills her before she pulls the trigger. The girl, dying, asks Tuesday to take care of "them", pointing to her stomach.
Little time has passed. The law was repealed; birth restrictions no longer work. Thursday got a new eye and took the name of Terry. Tuesday left Karen. Together with Adrian, they watch the capsule in which the twins develop - the children of Monday.
Roles and actors of “Secrets of the Seven Sisters”
The film was shot in record time - in just 94 days. All events and scenes were filmed in Romania. The picture was not conceived as a high-budget blockbuster. A good dystopian film is akin to "Child of Man" or "Blade Runner 2049." Reviews of The Secret of the Seven Sisters were positive, but critics noted that such a great idea could be a masterpiece in the right hands.
Numi Rapas - Karen Settman
The role of seven sisters at once fell to the famous "girl with a dragon tattoo." Cinema still did not know so many different images in the person of one actress. They all had their own personality. Hairstyles, character and habits - they had nothing in common except a kinship. At 38, Numi looks great, which allowed her to play heroines of a younger age. An interesting fact - in 2003 she gave birth to a son, whom she named Leo, in honor of the famous Russian football player.
Willem Dafoe - Grandfather
The time has come and the celebrated Defoe to play older men. In The Secret of the Seven Sisters, the actor played the role of grandfather, thanks to which the girls were able to successfully hide for as long as 30 years.
Glenn Close - Nicolette Cayman
This year, the actress is already 70 years old, but this does not prevent her from actively acting. The role of the villain, which throughout the film is tormented by conscience for what she did, suited her perfectly.
Marwan Kenzari - Adrian
The young Dutchman in the past two years has made a major breakthrough in his career. On his account already such high-profile projects as “Ben-Gur”, “Promise”, “Mummy”, “Murder on the Orient Express”, “The Secret of the Seven Sisters”. The actor was able to move away from the tearful melodramas, and this played into his hands. In the film, he got the role of Adrian - a former lover of Monday. Next year will be no less high-profile premiere with his participation - the picture "Aladdin."