

Malefemmene
2001-11-30 · 90 min · ★ 6.9
A young woman is wrongly jailed. In prison she finds a completely different world made of women who seem to have found the formula for freedom.
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- Directors
- Fabio Conversi
- Production companies
- Sagittario Film, Medusa Film
- Countries
- Italy
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Giovanna MezzogiornoFrancesca
Ángela MolinaNunzia
Ana FernándezCandela
Sabina BeganPatrizia
Rosa PianetaBotti
Clotilde De SpiritoDonna Bionda
Federica BonavolontàCettina
Gianni Parisi
Franca AbategiovanniBranciroli
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