Not the feel good movie of 1969, "99 Women" will show us the most beautiful Italian babes beset, raped, whipped, humiliated, exploited, and raped some more. Who better than to make a piece of EuroTrash about beset Euro-Babe inmates than Jesus Franco? Perhaps the female version of "Papillion," or Brubaker," "99 Women" in some ways is oh so much more gratifying. I guess in Italy, only babes get sent to island prisons. No aging Dustin Hoffman or emaciated Steve McQueen here. Nope...her we get a sweaty and nubile Rosalba Neri and a whipped and conquered Maria Rohm. Not that we want that...
As our fairy tale begins, three babes are sent to an island prison presided over by the evil warden, Thelma (Mercedes McCambridge). She pimps her inmates to the beast of the governor of prisons, Santos (Herbert Lom). Immediately, Natalie (Luciana Paluzzi) falls ill as her body craves heroine. Uh oh, Santos takes a liking to Maria (Maria Rohm) and asks Thelma for her. He must wait in line as babe lesbian inmate, Zoie (Neri) gets to her first. In a show of extreme friendship, Zoie and Maria are in the infirmary after a cat-fight, when Santos comes in to rape Maria. In a bid to save Maria from Santos' tally-whacker, Zoie rapes Maria first. A white night shows up in a smart uniform...Leonie (Maria Schell).
Leonie works for the government and desires to clean up the prison system. She desires for all prisoners to be treated like humans. She'll be useless...but looks great in her uniform. Zoie continues to rape her fellow inmates and will eventually get bitch-slapped by them...though she probably enjoyed it. Now an escape attempt. Maria, Helga (Elisa Montes), and Rosalie (Valentina Godoy) will brave the jungle and male rapist inmates to seek freedom. The escape attempt will feature gang-rape and a huge snake which may act as a metaphor...you'll see.
Will Santos ever move in front of Zoie in line for Maria's affections and carnal relations? Will the very official looking Leonie be captured, whipped, and raped by the inmates she purports to advocate for? Did the Italian babe actresses enjoy making this film, and was any of it ad-libbed? Jesus Franco delivers a gratuitous Italian sexploitation film that is so much more enjoyable than any Meryl Streep film. For a tickling of your prurient interests ,,,see "99 Women."
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