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Profundo carmesí (1996)
The Seven Sins -- when perfection is far from an option...
Deep Crimson is so much more than a partner-crime movie. Of course there is the typical troubled couple that is pulled together with a goal of being together and getting rich, but to not leave it at that is what differs it from the American cliché of "Bonny and Clyde." The main characters Nicolas and Coral are terrific failures that make the audience almost want to pity them; they aren't perfect in looks, brains, skills, or anything really. Because of this, the movie presents issues of envy, vanity, greed, lust, wrath, gluttony, sloth within Nicolas and Coral alone. In other words, the characters of Nicolas and Coral are a perfect example of the seven deadly sins.
We see can see envy, gluttony, and sloth from Coral. She is constantly resorting to food, stuffing herself to stuff down her emotions, a typical sign of gluttony. This of course sets in with Coral's laziness, or sloth, she claims that she could easily loose the weight if she wasn't so lazy, when she first meets Nicolas. Because of her attitude on her weight and appearance, she easily grows jealous toward other woman that Nicolas tries to seduce in their "work," envying their position and looks.
Vanity and wrath are perfectly displayed by Nicolas; this of course is all resorted toward his wig. Once the wig is on he is a seducer, claiming that he can only work on "his looks," and the wig is the launching point for this vain stand-point. However, once a woman discovers that he has a wig he becomes fueled with anger and usually lashes out to the woman that has discovered his secret.
Both characters are driven by the sins of greed and sexual lust. Their entire motive is driven toward the greed of financial gain, to steel from woman that Nicolas attempts to seduce. However the two are driven by sexual lust, like the lust that Coral has toward Nicolas, or the trouble that Nicolas' lust has toward other woman he seduces.
Because of this, the sins the two commit, the audience realizes that they must die. As Coral says moments before she is shot to death, "I think this is the happiest day of my life." Making the ending one that is satisfying to the audience and the characters themselves.