Pena Prisão
Synopsis
A documentary dramatized on the daily life of a women's prison: Instituto Penal Talavera Bruce, in Bangu, Rio de Janeiro. The film reveals the struggle for survival within this micro-society that is formed between the walls, the relationship of these women with the penal institution, with justice and with the outside world. Through work, leisure, leisure, affective relationships and the social and sexual roles that each one assumes in prison, the film shows the relationship between people, the struggle for survival within this micro-society that is formed between the walls, the relationship of these women with the penal institution, with justice, and with the outside world.
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