by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
In this prison film, Nicole is sent up the river for infanticide. There she meets Marthe, a fellow murderess who receives special treatment from the warden Dessombes. Sabien is a newcomer convicted of armed robbery who latches on to the lesbian Lucie, a longtime prisoner slated for release.
characteristics
- Murder
- Lock-up
- Narcotics
- Prison
- Woman
- Solitary-confinement
- Lesbian
- Jail
- Brig
- Atrocity
- Drugs
- Framed
- Infanticide
- Frame-up
- Atrocities
