The almost 40-year-old "Frauen ohne Unschuld" or "Women Without Innocence" (and there is a handful more titles for this one) is a Swiss German-language film from 1978 and the writer and director is the (in)famous Jesús Franco. It's another of his collaborations with Erwin C. Dietrich. The film is fairly short like some other works by Franco and it stars his girlfriend Lina Romay playing the main character. She portrays a young woman who witnessed a murder and is unable to speak since then. as a consequence, she is brought to psychiatric facility, where she is in a room with several other young woman and it does not become clear why they are there. But as this is a James Franco film, you know the answer, namely to get naked most of the time and screams and be mean towards out protagonist, which is of course tolerated by the doctors. And Romay herself offers a great deal of nudity too, even if she is not as attractive in here as usual with her very short hair. And of course female doctors strip naked too and engage in sexual activities with the patients. And another murder happens and everybody is in search of a bunch of lost diamonds. The whole film is very much over the top. I thought the initial premise with the woman watching the crime and being borough to the hospital was decent, but Franco turned it into quite a B-movie mess as he always does. With a little bit more writing talent, this could have been n interesting story and plot. But the way it turned out it's really about nothing other than the exploitation and nudity. I do not recommend the watch, even if I will admit this film has more good moments than Franco's films usually do, at least the ones I saw.
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