Quartier de femmes (1974) Directed by Jesus Franco
Drama
aka: Lovers of Devil's Island
Film Synopsis
In a South American dictatorship, a young man and his fiancée
are unjustly imprisoned for a crime of which they are innocent.
At their prison, they are visited by a lawyer who soon discovers that
the couple were framed for a murder. Will he be able to prove
their innocence and ensure their release from the hell hole in
which they currently languish...?
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.