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Film / Bandits (1997)

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A German film, a bit like Thelma & Louise with music! Four female convicts form a band as part of a criminal rehabilitation program their prison is testing out. The band — the Bandits — get a chance to perform at a police event outside the prison, but after one member impulsively attacks the Jerkass cop who rides with them to the ball, they stage an escape. Broke and on the run, they ship their demo out to a record company and soon find themselves cult idols.

The band members are:

  • Luna (Jasmin Tabatabai), lead vocalist. In prison for armed robbery, she's the quick-tempered leader of the group.
  • Angel (Nicolette Krebitz). In prison for bigamy and fraud, and alluring if a bit naive.
  • Marie (Jutta Hoffmann). In prison for poisoning her husband, she's much older than the others, and her time in prison has made her suicidal.
  • Emma (Katja Riemann), drummer. She joins the band after shooting a man in her jazz band who beat her and caused her to miscarry.

All the music in the film, incidentally, was written and performed by the actresses themselves.

Not to be confused with the other film called Bandits, starring Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton.


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