Las Procesadas

Year: 1975

Duration: 01:38:43

Directed by: Enrique Carreras

Actors: Liliana Abayieva, Adriana Aguirre, Juan Carlos Altavista, Virginia Amestoy, Alberto Argibay, Betiana Blum, Mercedes Carreras, Luis Corradi, Noemí del Castillo, Aurora Del Mar, Hebe Donay, José Dorado, Marta Ecco, Golde Flami, Raúl Fraire, Tina Francis, Olga Zubarry, Víctor Hugo Vieyra, Susana Rinaldi

Language: spanish

Country: Argentina

Also known as: Accused Women

Description: It is a very rare exclusive movie, that is very hard to find in the internet. Beatriz Cavallan must go to jail, not beacause she commited a crime, but to uncover one. Beatriz wil be a prisoner just like Irene Lagos. With one difference: Irene is dead and Beatriz is looking for the killer. This movie is based on a true story that hit the news in 1962 an shook Buenos Aires, beavause of the corruption found in the different levels of the penal system.

Film Las Procesadas is based on real events that took place in Argentina in the 60’s of last century. Overwhelmed by the death of one of his players in the women’s prison, a social worker Kavallan Beatrice decides to understand what happened. Police agrees to help her, and Beatrice went to the very correctional institution where she died, as an undercover agent. And there, in the meantime, the prisoners escape retsidivistki prepared with the active assistance of the boss and several prison guards. Beatrice is in mortal danger …

Review: The plot of the work of a police undercover in prison is often used in detective and adventure films. Typically, in such paintings brave police officers cheerfully overcome numerous obstacles on the part of criminals and corrupt security, preventing crime and grandiose bring to light the villains.

But it is in the fighters, who in real life have the same attitude as the franchise “Star Wars” to modern science. And Argentine filmmaker Enrique Carreras, had the opportunity to shoot his film in a short period of civilian rule between military dictatorships, is transferred to the screen a documentary drama. But in real life rarely “like in the movies.” Although the story that happened in Argentina in the late 60’s of the last century could well happen in any country. Especially the one where corruption and impunity of those in power for a long time and surely prevail over the law and justice.

But the heroine of “condemnation” Beatrice Kavallan not yet lost illusions, and therefore can not remain indifferent to the death of one of his players in jail. On the body of the girl traces terrible beating, and yet, the official conclusion of evidence, you guessed it, death from natural causes. Deciding to find out what had happened, Beatrice sent to jail by the investigator for the case of the death of prisoner …

But in prison, a single woman once confronted with a monstrous terror ugolovnits mother’s side, to encourage the Director of the charitable institutions. A gang of “thieves” threats and violence to death scared simple captives, and where they do not have their own forces to the aid of sticks and cooler. Those of girls who are not resigned to his fate – always walking on the edge.

Beatrice is virtually cut off from his police protector, and can not do anything about it, the more that ugolovnitsy very quickly begin to suspect her of who she really is. Everything that happens in prison – with the consent of the authorities, but no documentary evidence of this, and not real. It remains the only option – to try to prevent the brazen escape in broad daylight ugolovnitsami prepared. But what can one man do in a hostile environment?

Of course, if Carreras filmed action or thriller, his character would come out of the alterations to the battle wounds and head held high, but in the real world – the other laws. Covert operation two enthusiasts, going against the system, has little chance of success. Is it only if their opponents quite so blatantly zarvutsya. Therefore, Argentina’s picture leaves a painful impression. This is what left a shot in the era of Soviet perestroika film Igor Gostev “lawlessness.” Then, like a movie would be called “black», offends the public consciousness, and that there is still a society – the “morality”? – And almost forgotten. Military junta in Argentina like art journalism openly stood in the throat, and it is not surprising that the “condemnation” are not widely known.

And the public, to be honest, does not like to watch movies without serious hope for a happy ending. Problems and lack of life – and on the screen good must overcome evil, and not vice versa. The striker is a many-headed hydra almost alone Beatrice little resemblance to the winner. Indeed, even as newspaper headlines and caused a huge scandal, the story of one particular prison was only one of the heads of the beast. Off with it all was only capable of Hercules, and the sons of Zeus in this world can perhaps that fitness centers open.

“Las Procesadas” is hardly a brilliant film. But from the artistic and journalistic film that is not required. Characters openly poster-painting: staunch fighter for justice, frostbite ugolovnitsa, downtrodden “tolerates” unprincipled headmistress prison – they look descended from newspaper strips, and not from the pages of the script. And if the leading lady Mercedes Carreras (by the way, in the past the former winner of one of the Moscow Film Festival) his Beatrice somehow trying to revive, the other actresses are satisfied honest image types. However, it is enough director to throw accusations System. Another thing is how many of these accusations brought against those in power in various countries and peoples – and how much more will be charged! The main thing to budge cart. In Argentina, it has moved, albeit not immediately – hence the “condemnation” was filmed not in vain.

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Las Procesadas a.k.a Accused Women

P.S. Many thanks to J. Artas for this great and rare movie 😉