Visiting Ours
2017 · 82 min · ★ 4.8 · Drama
Every month, women go to a prison on the outskirts of Paris to visit their loved ones: sons, fathers, brothers, partners. They wait in the summer heat. As they move through security checks, relationships are made and broken, tongues loosen, tension mounts… until finally a riot erupts behind bars.
Directed by Rachida Brakni · Written by Rachida Brakni
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- S Samira Brahmia Fatma
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Zita Hanrot Nora -
Fabienne Babe Marlène - J Judith Caen Judith
- L Lorette-Sixtine
- S Souad Flissi Houria
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Salma Lahmer Nawell - D Djamila Lemouda Farida
- B Boubacar Samb M. Diakar
- S Simon Bourgade Eric
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Luc Antoni Anthony -
Serge Biavan Surveillant chef
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