Nicole (Agnes Soral) is sent up the river for infanticide in this routine woman-in-prison feature. There she meets Marthe (Annie Girardot), a fellow murderess who receives special treatment from the warden Dessombes (Marie-Christine Barrault). The warden frames Nelly (Bernadette Lafont) for drug possession and has her thrown into solitary confinement. Sabien (Corinne Touzet) is a newcomer convicted of armed robbery who latches on to the lesbian Lucie (Milva), a longtime prisoner slated for release.
Bernadette Lafont
as Nelly Roux
Marie-Christine Barrault
as La surveillante chef
Annie Girardot
as Marthe
Fanny Bastien
as Brigitte
Milva
as Lucie Germon
Agnès Soral
as Nicole Beck
Corinne Touzet
as Sabine
Franci Camus
as Annie
Élisabeth Lafont
as Irene
Claudine Mavros
as Colette
Edith Winkler
as Suzanne
Sophie Minet
as Marion
