Atrapadas is a 1984 Argentine

Argentina

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 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

 set in a women's prison

Prison

A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

  directed and written by Aníbal Di Salvo. Starring Leonor Benedetto.

Synopsis

A corrupt prison system comes under scrutiny in this action drama about a racketeering lesbian inmate, crooked wardens, drug traffickers, and another female prisoner who challenges the system. Silvia (Leonor Benedetto) refuses to cooperate with Susana (Camila Perissé) when she comes around to induce her to take drugs, an act which gets her severely beaten and her younger sister murder

Murder

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ed. Outraged at Susana's collusion with a handful of corrupt wardens and drug barons, Silvia vows revenge, and, with the help of some inmates and a decent warden, she escapes from prison for one night to carry out a plan that is meant to eliminate the drug traffickers, Susana, and their prison minions — on both side of the bars. Due to explicit scenes of sex

Sex

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 and violence

Violence

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, parental discretion is required for the film.

Cast

• Leonor Benedetto .... Silvia
• Betiana Blum
  Betiana Blum
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• Cristina Murta
• Camila Perissé
• Mirta Busnelli
  Mirta Busnelli
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• Rita Terranova
• Juan Leyrado .... Daniel
• Mónica Galán
• Esther Goris
• Paulino Andrada
• Susana Cart
• Miriam Perazolo
• Elvia Andreoli .... Olga
• Patricia Bermudez
• Clotilde Borella
• Olga Bruno
• Perla Cristal
• Julio Fedel
• Golde Flami
  Golde Flami
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• Inés Murray
• Carlos Olivieri
• Adriana Parets .... Celadora
• Dorys Perry .... La Rusita
• Gerardo Romano
  Gerardo Romano
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• Edgardo Suárez .... El Negro
• Hernán Zabala