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Violenza in un Carcere Femminile
Violence in a Women’s Prison
Emanuelle in Hell / Laura - Eine Frau geht durch die Hölle / Violence in a Woman’s Prison
Italy 1982
produced by Beatrice Film, Imp.Ex.Ci., Les Films Jacques Leitienne
directed by Vincent Dawn (= Bruno Mattei)
starring Laura Gemser, Gabriele Tinti, Maria Romano, Ursula Flores, Franco Caracciolo, Francoise Perrot, Lorraine de Selle, Jacques Stany, Leila Ducci, Franca Stoppi, Raul Cabrera
story by Ambrogio Molteni, screenplay by Olivier Lefait, Ambrogio Molteni, music by Luici Ceccarelli
Black Emanuelle
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Investigative reporter Emanuelle (Laura Gemser) goes into prison
undercover to expose the unbearable conditions for Amnesty
International. Of course, she soon has to face these unbearable
conditions herself, but finds a friend in prison-doctor Gabriele Tinti,
who is actually an inmate of the neighbouring man's prison himself.
Soon, Emanuelle is put into solitary confinement by the sadistic warden
(Lorraine de Selle) - who by the way likes to watch her female prisoners
being raped & beaten up -, where the poor girl is lmost torn to
pieces by rats. Almost dying from that, the doctor comes to her rescue -
even if it means he has to go against his moral principles in another
case -, & soon, when Emanuelle's fellow inmates stage a prison
revolt, she & the doctor escape. Instead of really going through
with the escape though, they decide to have sex on the way (!), &
are of course caught & brought back to prison. But once there, they
learn that the law has finally taken over prison matters due to
Emanuelle's report & a letter sent by the doctor, now turning the
wardens into prisoners themselves but freeing Emanuelle. Bruno
Mattei has the reputation of being a master of sleaze for the sake of
sleaze, & this movie illustrates that quite clearly. He never lets
pity for his characters or actual storytelling stand in the way of
showing sex, rapes, violence or degradations, & what better genre
could there be to do so but a women in prison-movie. But whereas
other sleazemasters like Jess Franco always tried to push genre
conventions to the limits, to go ever more over the top to keep the
genre alive, Mattei seems to be content to just work as much depravity
as possible into the standard plot. Also, his treatment of the Emanuelle
character is rather dull - while in Joe D'Amato's movies (& he made
most of the Black Emanuelle-movies) she was a lively,
self-assured, strong & independent, but also horny girl who did
often use her sexuality as a weapon, she here (as in Mattei's other Black
Emanuelle movie, Emanuelle
fuga dall'inferno/Emanuelle's
Escape from Hell) is more of a
passive, even up-tight spectator of the proceedings, who lets happen to
her what may, be it good or bad.
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