Violence in a Women's Prison

Violence in a Women's Prison (Italian: Violenza in un carcere femminile) is a 1982 women in prison film directed by Bruno Mattei. The film stars Laura Gemser and Gabriele Tinti. It tells the story of Emanuelle, who is sent to Santa Catarina Women's Penitentiary for drugs and prostitution, where she meets the warden and the other inmates. Her actual reason is undercover reporting for Amnesty International. It is the seventh film in the Emanuelle nera film series and the first one directed by Mattei.

Violence in a Women's Prison
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Italian	Violenza in un carcere femminile
Directed by	Bruno Mattei
Screenplay by	Palmanbrogio Molteni Oliver Lefait
Story by	Palmanbrogio Molteni
Starring	Laura Gemser Gabriele Tinti Maria Romano
Music by	Luigi Ceccarelli [1]
Cinematography	Luigi Ciccarese [1]
Edited by	Bruno Mattei [1]
Production company	Beatrice Film Films Jacques Leitienne
Distributed by	Indipendenti Regionali[1]
Release date	1982 (1982)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Italy France
Language	Italian

Plot

Under a false identity, journalist Emanuelle pretends to be a drug dealer to get herself sent to prison in order to investigate and document the brutality and abuses that inmates are subjected to. While there she is attacked, locked in solitary confinement, and injured. Emanuelle is helped by Dr. Moran and some prisoners, and is able to report her findings, after which the perpetrators are arrested.

Cast

• Laura Gemser as Emanuelle / Laura Kendall
• Gabriele Tinti as Doctor Moran
• Maria Romano as Kitty
• Ursula Flores as Consuelo
• Antonella Giacomini as Malone
• Franco Caracciolo as Leander
• Françoise Perrot as Hertha
• Lorraine De Selle as Head Warden
• Jacques Stany as Chief Inspector
• Leila Ducci as Pilar
• Franca Stoppi as Rescaut
• Raul Cabrera as Miguel

Production

Violence in a Women's Prison was directed by Bruno Mattei who is credited as Vincent Dawn or Gilbert Roussel in some prints.[2]

Release

Violence in a Women's Prison was released in 1982.[1] It was released as Caged Women in the United States in April 1984.[3][4] The film also has the alternative title Women's Penetentiary 4.[5][6]

Critical response

Allmovie gave the film a rating of one star out of five, noting that "Mattei doesn't skimp on the nastiness, presenting a three-way catfight on a floor full of feces, Gemser nibbled by rats in solitary confinement, a homosexual who is sodomized to death after his straight cellmates are aroused by a striptease, and various rapes, tortures, and vomit scenes."[2]

Home media

The DVD was first released by Shriek Show for Region 1 in December 2002.[7] The all-region Blu-ray was released by Severin Films in May 2018.[8][9]

References

1. "Violenza in un carcere femminile (1982)". Archivio del Cinema Italiano. Associazione Nazionale Industrie Cinematografiche Audiovisive e Multimediali (ANICA). Retrieved 23 May 2020.
2. Firsching, Robert. "Violence in a Women's Prison". Allmovie. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 31, 2013.
3. Willis 1985, p. 158.
4. Willis 1985, p. 207.
5. "Violence in a Women's Prison (1982)". AllMovie. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
6. Paul 2005, p. 219.
7. "Violence in a Women's Prison DVD". Blu-ray.com. 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
8. "Violence in a Women's Prison Blu-ray". Blu-ray.com. 2018. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
9. Cotenas, Eric. "Violence In A Women's Prison (Blu-ray)". DVD Drive-In. Retrieved 23 May 2020.

Parenthetical sources

• Paul, Louis (2005). Italian Horror Film Directors. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8749-3.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Willis, John (1985). Screen World. 36. Crown Publisher, Inc. ISBN 0-517-55821-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

• Violence in a Women's Prison on IMDb
• Violence in a Women's Prison at the British Film Institute