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5.3/10   163 votes
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Director:
Mai Zetterling
Writers:
Susannah Buxton (writer)
Roy Minton (writer)
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Release Date:
16 March 1983 (Sweden) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
IT'S A CRIME WHAT PRISON CAN DO TO A GIRL!
Plot:
Two girls escape from an open borstal for two very different reasons; Annetta to attempt to visit her baby daughter... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A Common Story With Good Performance, Horrible Pronunciation and Characters not Well Developed more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Amanda York ... Carol Howden
Chrissie Cotterill ... Annetta Brady
Elizabeth Edmonds ... Kathleen
Kate Ingram ... Eddie
Amanda Symonds ... Mac
Kathy Burke ... Glennis
Debby Bishop ... Doreen (as Debbie Bishop)
Eva Mottley ... Pam
Imogen Bain ... Sandy
Honey Bane ... Molly
Camille Davis ... Sharon
Rachel Weaver ... Gwen (as Rachael Weaver)
Dawn Archibald ... Mary
Faith Tingle ... Hilary
Lilian Rostkowska ... Phyllis
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:15 (video rating) | UK:AA (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Sweden:15 | USA:R
Company:
HandMade Films more

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Mac: [Mac's final song] A Borstal girl came home one day / To find her love had gone away / She asked him why he went astray / He turned to her, and he did say / "Once, you could have been my wife / If you had led a decent life / But you preferred a life of crime / So, back in side, and do your time." more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mayo: (#1.8)" (2006) more

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A Common Story With Good Performance, Horrible Pronunciation and Characters not Well Developed, 19 June 2004
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The lesbian Carol Howden (Amanda York) and the troublemaker Annetta Brady (Chrissie Cotterill) escape from a reformatory for different reasons: Carol wants be arrested again and to go to Borstal, where her girlfriend is imprisoned, and Anneta wants to see her daughter in a foster house. They both are sent to Borstal, a prison for young women, where the whole story takes place. Annetta blames Carol for their new arresting. This English movie has a good performance of the cast. However, the characters are so badly developed that we, viewers, do not know the reasons and the motives why the women are confined in such a place. Their accents are horrible and the story has nothing different or special comparing with other movies of this theme. Watchable and forgettable. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): 'Aonde Nasce o Crime' ('Where The Crime is Born')

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