Movie: Free Hands

Top 5 Billed Cast

Ronit Elkabetz
Ronit Elkabetz

Barbara

Carlo Brandt
Carlo Brandt

Michel

Noémie Lvovsky
Noémie Lvovsky

Rita

Camille Figuereo
Camille Figuereo

Chloé

Xavier Legrand
Xavier Legrand

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    Barbara is a filmmaker who has been working in the prison environment for a few years now. She is preparing a film written and directed by long-term inmates in a prison in the projects around Paris. Twice a week, Barbara goes to the prison where she shoots interviews with the inmates which will serve as a basis for the writing of their screenplay.

  • Release Date

    2010-06-16

  • Average

    5.5

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    Français

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