Escola Penal de Meninas Violentadas (1977)

1977-12-181h 26m

Young prostitutes are taken to a penal school run by a group of nuns so that they can recover. However, the current mother superior is actually a mad assassin who killed the real one and took her place, changing the entire treatment and discipline regime of the boarding school.

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