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Bare Behind Bars

Original title: A Prisão
  • 1980
  • X
  • 1h 27m
IMDb RATING
4.4/10
1.1K
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Bare Behind Bars (1980)
Prison DramaTrue CrimeCrimeDrama

In a prison, women rebel against the guards' sadism and sexual abuse and decide to run away. Some manage to escape and are chased by the Police.In a prison, women rebel against the guards' sadism and sexual abuse and decide to run away. Some manage to escape and are chased by the Police.In a prison, women rebel against the guards' sadism and sexual abuse and decide to run away. Some manage to escape and are chased by the Police.

  • Director
    • Oswaldo de Oliveira
  • Writer
    • Oswaldo de Oliveira
  • Stars
    • Maria Stella Splendore
    • Neide Ribeiro
    • Márcia Fraga
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  • IMDb RATING
    4.4/10
    1.1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Oswaldo de Oliveira
    • Writer
      • Oswaldo de Oliveira
    • Stars
      • Maria Stella Splendore
      • Neide Ribeiro
      • Márcia Fraga
    • 27User reviews
    • 21Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Maria Stella Splendore
    • Sylvia - The Prison Warden
    Neide Ribeiro
    • Sandra - The Assistant Warden
    Márcia Fraga
      Danielle Ferrite
      • Cynthia - Prisoner #341
      Marta Anderson
      • Barbara - The Insane Nurse
      Serafim Gonzalez
      Serafim Gonzalez
        Meiry Vieira
        • The Regular Customer
        Sonia Regina
        Marliane Gomes
        Nadia Destro
        Marly Palauro
        • Atores Coadjuvantes
        • (as Marli Palauro)
        Fátima Celebrini
        • Atores Coadjuvantes
        • (as Fatima Celebrini)
        Virgínia Gil
        • Atores Coadjuvantes
        Neide Carvalho
        • Atores Coadjuvantes
        Sandra Carnezin
        • Atores Coadjuvantes
        Iolanda Silva
        • Atores Coadjuvantes
        • (as Yolanda Silva)
        Orlando Parolini
        • Atores Coadjuvantes
        Felipe di Nardo
        • Atores Coadjuvantes
        • Director
          • Oswaldo de Oliveira
        • Writer
          • Oswaldo de Oliveira
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        User reviews27

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        tdh71

        A very interesting movie but a twisted plot

        Bare is one of those definitive 80's Brazillian prison movies that really makes you squirm to watch it. The movie revolves around a crooked prison run b y the equally crooked Sylvia,and her straight counterpart,Sandra,who works to put an end to the trachery. An incompetent and sex-crazed nurse stirs the plot,what littl there is of it. Overall,the movie is just sex all around and eventually leads to a great breakout into the streets of Brazil,where the refugee women continue their lives of violence by raping a young boy,killing his parents,and committing numerous sexual murders throughout the city. A young woman who is beat with a whip by Sylvia(Towanda Neal)adds to the dark and twisted plot.Generally,this film was hard to watch and is full to the brim with graphic nudity and sex. All hardcore sex film fans will love this one! Happy viewing!
        5Eegah Guy

        South-of-the-border sleaze without the tease

        This is a South American women-in-prison (WIP) flick without the narrative drive or camp value of American WIP films (BIG DOLL HOUSE, CHAINED HEAT) of the fever-dream delirium of European WIP films (BARBED WIRE DOLLS, HELLHOLE WOMEN). All the exploitable elements are in place but the excitement is missing as this film is top-heavy (pun intended) with girl/girl sex scenes. The actress who plays the warden looks just like Lisa Kudrow.
        5The_Void

        Women's prisons in Brazil are sleazier than most!

        Well I've got to say that I do enjoy a good slice of sleaze; but I also like there to be some sort of narrative to keep my interest, and this film lacks that; which leaves it feeling rather shallow and pointless. As the title suggests, Bare Behind Bars is another one of those 'women in prison' films, and the fact that it hails from Brazil means that you can certainly count on gratuitous sex and nudity, which this film features in droves. There's all sorts of stuff going on, from lesbian sex to the use of dildo's and other implements, and everyone in the prison gets involved; from the prisoners to the guards and everyone in-between. The only slight hint of plot revolves around a prison break, which happens towards the end. There's a fair amount of violence to go with the sex and general sleaze, which includes certain male body parts being removed and, on one occasion, being fed to the family dog! However, while this film has everything you could want in terms of sleaze; the lack of any plot at all really does harm it. Obviously this is not a genre that is well known for great stories, but this film is shallow even by genre standards; and while I'm not an expert on sleazy women in prison flicks - Jess Franco has certainly done better.
        Michael_Elliott

        Bare Behind Bars

        Bare Behind Bars (1980)

        ** (out of 4)

        Extremely graphic WIP (women in prison) flick from Brazil has an evil, lesbian warden torturing, sexually assaulting, whipping, biting, attacking and doing just about anything imaginable to her female prisoners. Eventually the prisoners get tired of it and try to escape. This infamous WIP flick certainly has everything you could possibly imagine from non-stop lesbian sex to prison fights to several graphic violent scenes. This is one of the most outrageous WIP films I've seen but the direction is flat throughout and after the first hour things really start to get tiresome so the final thirty minutes really drag.
        5BA_Harrison

        Bored Behind Bars

        In a Brazilian prison for women, where the inmates are subjected to physical and sexual abuse on a daily basis, four girls make a bid for freedom. Aided by the prison's ether-sniffing nurse, the group successfully escape and go on a killing spree.

        From the word go, Oswaldo de Oliveira's sleazy WIP movie delivers wall-to-wall scenes of nudity and lesbianism: nearly every female in his film's joint-including the guards, prisoners and even the sexy warden, are lesbians. The ones that aren't are bisexual! This means that viewers can expect a whole shedload of nekkid babes in ill-fitting outfits indulging in all sorts of sexy shenanigans, including oral-sex, mutual masturbation, and strap-on action.

        What starts off as a softcore film with simulated sex gradually becomes stronger and stronger in content, until the director gives up all pretences and goes the whole hog, with a couple of (rather crap) hardcore couplings. As well as upping the strength of the sex, de Oliveira also makes the film a whole lot more violent and sleazy in the final half an hour, with the escaped prisoners indulging in a little killing before going their separate ways. In one scene, an entire family is savagely attacked by the girls; the mother and father are shot, the father has his severed penis fed to a barking dog, and then the wanton women proceed to 'rape' the under-aged son!

        Now I realise that this sounds like the mother of all exploitation films and an unmissable treat for those who dig more 'unusual' cinematic fare, but, to be honest, it's all rather boring. After a couple of lesbian scenes, the film becomes a blur of boobs, bums and beaver and one soon longs for something remotely resembling a decent plot.

        The occasional prison torture scene and a second brutal emasculation help to break up the tedium of endless frottage, but are not enough to make me recommend this ultimately disappointing film.

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        • Trivia
          Danielle Ferrite's debut.
        • Quotes

          Barbara - the insane nurse: I just adore raspberry pudding.

        • Alternate versions
          A projected UK video release on the Redemption label, featuring an edited print, was rejected by the BBFC in 1994, and an appeal proved unsuccessful. It was finally passed for DVD release in 2010 after 1 min 35 secs of cuts to remove closeup shots of fellatio and dildo sex.
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          Featured in Triple X Selects: The Best of Lezsploitation (2007)

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        • Release date
          • December 2, 2010 (United Kingdom)
        • Country of origin
          • Brazil
        • Language
          • Portuguese
        • Also known as
          • Desnuda Tras las Rejas
        • Filming locations
          • Brazil
        • Production companies
          • Ao Lixao Comercio de Moveis Ltda.
          • Galante Filmes
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        • Runtime
          • 1h 27m(87 min)
        • Color
          • Color
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.66 : 1

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