Women in Prison
Directed by Charlotte SilveraA women's prison. Women arrive, some for as long as eight years. They work making teddy bears. Dessombes, the head matron, misses little. She gets intelligence from Marthe, an older convict. When the uncompromising and difficult Nelly is sent to the hole for something she didn't do, the women suspect that Marthe had a hand in it. Brigitte breaks off their friendship, so Marthe adopts Nicole, guilty of infanticide and shunned by the other prisoners, as her surrogate daughter. Sabine, young, energetic, and one of the few with a husband who visits her, falls in love with Lucie, a woman who has given up on life and fears the day of her release. Tensions mount.
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Women in Prison was released on 12 October 1988.
Women in Prison was directed by Charlotte Silvera.
Women in Prison has a runtime of 1h 39m.
Women in Prison was produced by Roger Andrieux.
A women's prison. Women arrive, some for as long as eight years. They work making teddy bears. Dessombes, the head matron, misses little. She gets intelligence from Marthe, an older convict. When the uncompromising and difficult Nelly is sent to the hole for something she didn't do, the women suspect that Marthe had a hand in it. Brigitte breaks off their friendship, so Marthe adopts Nicole, guilty of infanticide and shunned by the other prisoners, as her surrogate daughter. Sabine, young, energetic, and one of the few with a husband who visits her, falls in love with Lucie, a woman who has given up on life and fears the day of her release. Tensions mount.
The key characters in Women in Prison are Nelly Roux (Bernadette Lafont), La surveillante chef (Marie-Christine Barrault), Marthe (Annie Girardot).
Women in Prison is a Crime, Drama film.
Women in Prison has an audience rating of 5.5 out of 10.