The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962) on Netflix
Seven sketches, each set off by a broken commandment. A convent handyman will lose his job if he keeps swearing; a Jesuit novice quits the order to avenge his sister.
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Plot summary
The film is made of seven sketches, each centered on a broken commandment, with a serpent supplying the Devil's comments. Jérôme Chambard, the handyman at a convent, is told he will lose his job if he goes on taking the Lord's name in vain. Françoise Beaufort wants a necklace and turns to Philip Allan, the husband of her friend Micheline. Denis Mayeux, a Jesuit novice, quits the order to avenge his sister, whom Garigny drew into prostitution and drugs. A stranger arrives at a farm and says he is God. Marcel Messager tells his son Pierre that the boy's real mother is the actress Clarisse Ardant. Didier Marin, a bank cashier, is given a week's notice, and a gunman appears at his counter.
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