

Battered Flesh
1978-01-27 · 99 min · ★ 3.3
Berta, imprisoned in Franco's Spain on fraud charges, learns to navigate the indignities of prison, spreading her own brand of kindness and empathy to the other inmates, but she unwillingly learns a valuable lesson when she falls in love with one of them.
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- Directors
- Javier Aguirre
- Production companies
- Unavailable
- Countries
- Spain
- Status
- Released
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Esperanza RoyBerta
Bárbara ReyXenta
Terele PávezLourdes
Beatriz Rossat
Elisa Montés
Virginia MataixDenise
Carmen de Lirio
Paco CataláMecánico
Enriqueta Carballeira
Pilar BardemReclusa
Trini AlonsoTrini, la celadora jefe
Tota AlbaReclusa
Yelena SamarinaLulú
Julieta SerranoMercedes
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