The prison horror of the great dictatorships of the 20th century had a precursor: the penal colonies of Guyana, a penal archipelago whose history was for so many men that of a long tragedy.
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Based on unpublished archive images, confidential files from the Prison Administration, personal documents and first-hand accounts, Les Ombres du bagne tells the extraordinary adventures of 4 anonymous convicts who were the last survivors of prison hell.
Les ombres du bagne
Directed by: Patrick Barbéris and Tancrède Ramonet
Production: Temps noir
©ARTE - 2006