A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. The filmmakers plan to re-interview them at 7 year intervals to track how their lives and attitudes change as they age.
Direction
Paul Almond's patient, non-judgmental eye.
Writing
Questions that reveal everything without trying.
Director
Paul Almond
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Seven Up' series invented longitudinal documentary filmmaking; Michael Apted continued it until his death in 2021, following subjects into their 60s.
The Jesuit motto 'Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man' haunts every frame—sometimes proving true, sometimes cruelly wrong.
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