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Femmes de Fleury

Jean-Michel Carré
1990 France 58 minutes French

An unimaginable prison. A prison for women, bright, clean, with a garden. A prison one does not want to see: 80% or them are drug-addicts, of whom 60% are recidivists and 45% are HIV-positive. Europe’s biggest prison: Fleury-Mérogis. A prison that does not punish but breaks the personality, that does not rehabilitate but teaches how to manage those society does not know what to do with. A precursor of tomorrow’ psychiatric hospital.

Production :
Films du Grain de Sable
Distribution :
Films du Grain de Sable
Editing :
Jean-Marc La Rocca
Sound :
Catherine Bon
Photography :
Jean-Michel Carré; Jean-Marc La Rocca