Prisonnières (1988)
Directed by Charlotte Silvera
Crime / Drama
aka: Women in Prison
Prisonnières (1988)
Film Synopsis
A new batch of female convicts arrive in an austere women's prison. These include Nicole, who murdered her own child, and who is forced to in solitary confinement for her own safety. Other women at the prison have their own problems. Nelly, who is studying for a degree, becomes the victim of malicious plot involving drugs, whilst another woman, Marthe, is victimised because of her privileged relationship with the prison's governor, Madame Dessombes.© James Travers
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Film Credits
- Director: Charlotte Silvera
- Script: Charlotte Silvera
- Cinematographer: Bernard Lutic
- Music: Michel Portal
- Cast: Marie-Christine Barrault (Dessombes), Annie Girardot (Marthe), Bernadette Lafont (Nelly Roux), Milva (Lucie Germon), Agnès Soral (Nicole Beck), Corinne Touzet (Sabine), Franci Camus (Annie), Manuela Gourary (Danseuse), Fanny Bastien (Brigitte), Eliane Boeri (Recidiviste), Élisabeth Lafont (Irene), Claudine Mavros (Colette), Edith Winkler (Suzanne), Sophie Minet (Marion), Jean-Pierre Clami (Le Policier), Yveline Ailhaud (La Directrice), Raymonde Heudeline (Surveillante), Catherine Hubeau (Surveillante), Catherine Humbert (Contre-Maitress), Guylène Péan (Surveillante)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Support: Color
- Runtime: 99 min
- Aka: Women in Prison
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