Pink Prison
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| Pink Prison | |
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| Directed by | Lisbeth Lynghøft |
| Produced by | Lene Børglum Peter Aalbæk Jensen Lars von Trier |
| Written by | Lisbeth Lynghøft |
| Starring | Katja Kean Anders Nyborg Alberto Rey Mark Duran Mr. Marcus |
| Music by | Nils Lassen |
| Editing by | Jens Stang |
| Distributed by | Team Video Plus (Denmark) Magma (Germany) |
| Release date(s) | 1999 (Denmark) |
| Running time | 87 mins |
| Country | Denmark |
| Language | English |
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Pink Prison (1999) is an erotic film for women, directed by Lisbeth Lynghøft and produced by Puzzy Power, a division of Lars von Trier's film company Zentropa.
As the follow-up to Constance (1998), it was the second hardcore pornographic film ever to have been produced by an established mainstream film studio.
Pink Prison is based on the Puzzy Power Manifesto developed by Zentropa in 1997, as were Zentropa's two other sex films for women: Constance (1998) and All About Anna (2005).
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[edit] Plot
Katja Kean stars as a photo jounalist, Mila, who breaks into a men's penitentiary to get an interview with the mysterious warden and thus win a bet with her publisher. Encounters with various inmates and staff members, including the helpful Prison Chef (Mr. Marcus), lead her gradually closer to her goal, but not all is what it seems.
[edit] Critical reception
The film maintains a dreamy atmosphere and manages to turn a number of porn film conventions upside down.
It became a huge success, especially in Scandinavia, and won a Venus Award in Berlin as Best Scandinavian Film.
[edit] Trivia
It was filmed in the prison set from Lars von Trier's musical Dancer in the Dark (2000).
The film's executive producer Lene Børglum later co-executive produced such major projects as the Lars von Trier/Nicole Kidman-movie Dogville (2003), while production manager Carsten Sparwath later worked on notable films such as Dear Wendy (2005), starring Bill Pullman.
