Scrubbers (1982)
- Directed by
- Mai Zetterling
- Genre
- drama film, women in prison film
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 5.2 of 10 from 23 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A group of young women are sent to a British borstal. They struggle to survive under harsh conditions and abusive authority.
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What happens
Scrubbers is a 1982 British drama film directed by Mai Zetterling and produced by Don Boyd starring Amanda York, Kathy Burke, and Chrissie Cotterill. It was shot primarily in Virginia Water, Surrey, England. It was inspired by the success of the 1979 film Scum. A novel based on the film, and also entitled Scrubbers, was written by Alexis Lykiard and published in London by W. H. Allen & Co. in 1982. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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