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Prison 77

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MANUEL (Miguel Herrán -- 'Money Heist', 'Elite'), is a young accountant convicted to an excessive 20-year sentence for having embezzled the equivalent of 1,200 Euros. Aided by his cellmate PINO (Javier Gutiérrez -- Silver Shell and Goya Award-winner -- 'Below Zero', 'Marshland', 'The Motive'), Manuel will become the leader of a movement that will unite all prisons in the fight for freedom and change prison laws and society forever.

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Fionnuala Halligan Screen International Scenes of brutality and miscarriages of justice in a system which has been rigged by the ruling elite in a miserable police state provide both drama and emotion. Sep 17, 2022 Full Review Andrea Zamora Sensacine Modelo 77 is a great film thanks to the director's ability to handle the drama and the excellent performances of Herrán and Gutiérrez. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Oct 19, 2023 Full Review Jennie Kermode Eye for Film Whereas most prison films focus on strife, it’s the gradually developing friendship which forms the bedrock of the film. Rated: 4/5 Mar 6, 2023 Full Review Alex Montoya Fotogramas With refined style, care in character building, and utmost fidelity to entertainment, Prison 77 gifts us with potent scenes, a nod to Jacques Becker's Le Trou, and a fistful of powerful performances. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Sep 26, 2022 Full Review Andrea G. Bermejo Cinemanía (Spain) The most praiseworthy thing about Alberto Rodríguez's film is that each of the supporting characters and extras that we see in prison, even those with few lines, are in deep communion with the story they want to tell. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Sep 22, 2022 Full Review Carolina G. Guerrero EscribiendoCine A quality film that keeps you glued to the screen... [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 8/10 Sep 19, 2022 Full Review Read all reviews

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Avindu G Modelo 77 not just fascinates but also targets at making the justice systems better. Movie's success was wholely dependent on performances by the cast and justice was done to this story of injustice by the careful performances by each cast member. Excellent visuals that demonstrated the chaos of incarceration. Great audio effects that fits right with the mood of each character. Character setup was excellent in discovering the imprisoned lives. Dialogues were perfect both deep and lighthearted. Perfect cinematography capturing the emotions. It's a unique and an interesting tale about redemption. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/08/24 Full Review Benito O the ensamble is great, specially Javier Gutierrez and Fernando Tejero is a wonderful surprise! afer watching prison 77, i would like to know more about this dark history during Franco's time. good story. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 08/27/23 Full Review keshet33 one of the greatest movies ive watched. also a great "small movie". small story i mean like no one saves the country or anything unreal Rated 5 out of 5 stars 04/16/23 Full Review Lenin P What a gem. I found out about this movie while I was in a rabbit hole on Wikipedia. I'm sure glad I found it, and decided to watch it. This movie is about people imprisoned during an era of extreme censorship and repression. (If they spoke out against Franco in anyway, they would be imprisoned.) Only, the regime went down and everyone is still locked up. They wanted to get amnesty for their crimes and fought for that. They also wanted to get treated better. The main character lands in prison and is mistreated from the get go. He complains about the mistreatment and garners attention from the other inmates. Many of them can't read and enlist him to join the amnesty cause. He becomes the unofficial leader and faces a bunch obstacles inbetween. It's a very interesting watch. The kind of movie that just keeps your eyes glued to the screen. Never a dull moment in this one. The passionate acting from all parties, makes this a must watch. Everyone played their roles perfectly. I highly recommend this one. Make sure you watch in the original language (Spain Spanish), makes a difference. (To me anyways) This gets a LennyReviewz Score of: 8/10 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/04/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis MANUEL (Miguel Herrán -- 'Money Heist', 'Elite'), is a young accountant convicted to an excessive 20-year sentence for having embezzled the equivalent of 1,200 Euros. Aided by his cellmate PINO (Javier Gutiérrez -- Silver Shell and Goya Award-winner -- 'Below Zero', 'Marshland', 'The Motive'), Manuel will become the leader of a movement that will unite all prisons in the fight for freedom and change prison laws and society forever.
Director
Alberto Rodríguez
Producer
José Antonio Félez, Domingo Corral, Gervasio Iglesias, Alberto Félez
Screenwriter
Alberto Rodríguez, Rafael Cobos, Rafael Cobos, Alberto Rodríguez
Production Co
Atípica Films, Movistar+
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Spanish
Runtime
2h 5m