Women in Prison

1988
5.5| 1h39m| en
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Nicole (Agnes Soral) is sent up the river for infanticide in this routine woman-in-prison feature. There she meets Marthe (Annie Girardot), a fellow murderess who receives special treatment from the warden Dessombes (Marie-Christine Barrault). The warden frames Nelly (Bernadette Lafont) for drug possession and has her thrown into solitary confinement. Sabien (Corinne Touzet) is a newcomer convicted of armed robbery who latches on to the lesbian Lucie (Milva), a longtime prisoner slated for release.

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Mjeteconer Just perfect...
MamaGravity good back-story, and good acting
Teddie Blake The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable
dbdumonteil One of her earlier parts ,"mourir d'aimer" (André Cayatte,1970),based on a true story led her to jail .Here again,she plays one of the unfortunate inmates who make teddy bears to earn some money In jail.The "prison for women" is a very hard subject to deal with,and here the director was not up to scratch,leaving the actresses free to put on their usual little act.Best part does not come from Girardot though,but from Marie-Christine Barrault( an AA winner for "cousin cousine" 1975) as a chief warder :her portrayal is not unlike that of Louise Fletcher in "one flew over the cuckoo's nest" .Charlotte Silvera ,the director said:"they try to make the prisoners passive submissive women,losing any desire,any longing..."Perhaps so,but with few exceptions like Jacques Becker's "le trou" ,French movies about prisons are not particularly memorable.