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Hôtel des longues peines (2007)

Hôtel des longues peines poster
Directed by
Hélène Angel
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
51 min
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Over a weekend, women who are close to prisoners serving long sentences gather in a hotel near the prison to visit their loved ones. The film follows their interactions as they wait and meet.

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What happens

Hôtel des longues peines est un film français réalisé par Hélène Angel et sorti en 2007. Le temps d’un week-end, des femmes proches de détenus se retrouvent pour rencontrer leur mari, ami, père ou fils condamné à une longue peine et incarcéré au centre pénitentiaire de Lannemezan. Elles se croisent régulièrement dans « L'Hôtel de la gare », un établissement de cette ville dirigé par Nadine Cistac. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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