Women's Prison (1958)
- Original title
- Prisons de femmes
- Directed by
- Maurice Cloche
- Genre
- drama film, prison film, women in prison film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Rating
- 4.6 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A woman is sent to a harsh prison where she struggles with the rules and the other inmates. The movie follows her attempts to survive and find some hope in that difficult place.
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What happens
Women's Prison (French: Prisons de femmes) is a 1958 French crime film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Danièle Delorme, Jacques Duby and Vega Vinci. It is based on the 1930 novel of the same title by Francis Carco previously made into the 1938 French film Women's Prison and the 1947 Swedish film Two Women. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Giordani and Jean Mandaroux. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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