A young woman tries to make a documentary about women who have relatives in prison, but she finds difficulties trying to get the testimonials.
Social & External
The people behind it
Ana Carabajal
Alicia
Luisa Núñez
Elsa
Maximiliano Gallo
Luis
Mara Santucho
Virginia
Soledad San Martín
Débora
Magdalena Combes Tillard
Mujer con la torta
Eva Bianco
Sin diente
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Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.
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A psychotherapist helps a law student cope with schizophrenia in one of five interconnected tales dealing with mental illness.
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
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Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks.
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.
Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.
