Bless You, Prison

Nov 8, 2002

1h 30m

★ 5.8

Overview

Based on Nicole Valery-Grossu's European best seller autobiographic novel "Bless you, prison", the film is a true story, with real events and characters. A young intellectual woman, Nicole is arrested. There follow three months of exhausting interrogation and isolation. Alone in a cell, she undergoes a spiritual experience similar to that of the great mystics.

Genres

Drama

History

Production Companies

Ager Film

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Cast

Nicoleta

Maria Ploae

Prison Director

Dorina Lazăr

Prisoner

Ecaterina Nazare

Prisoner

Maria Rotaru

Victoria Cociaș

Iulia Lazăr

Romanița Ionescu

Mioara Ifrim

Eugenia Maci

Eugenia Bosânceanu

Margareta Pogonat

Tamara Creţulescu

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