Rino Di Silvestro, an Italian director and writer, emerged in the 1970s with a distinctive flair for provocative cinema. He directed and wrote Women in Cell Block 7 (1973), a gritty exploration of female incarceration that set the tone for his subsequent works. His film Werewolf Woman (1976) showcases his penchant for blending horror with eroticism, while Deported Women of the SS Special Section (1976) further cements his role in the exploitation genre. Di Silvestro's contributions to cult cinema resonate through his bold narratives and striking visuals.
Women in Cell Block 7
To save her father, Carmelo Musumeci, accused by a gang of drug traffickers of making twenty kilos of heroin "disappear", young Lilly is incarcerated - insulting two traffic police officers - in order to get in touch with a girl, Daniela Vinci, who knows how things really went. Ignoring that the parent, in an attempt to escape the gang, died falling from a ruined house, Lilly manages to wrest the young woman of the disappeared heroine - after some futile attempts, and while mysterious recluses searched with the complicity of a supervisor, to terrorize Daniela to prevent her from speaking. Knowing the truth, however, will be of no use because, warned by the director of the prison, a faithful servant of the drug traffickers will - after his release - kill both her and the police commissioner to whom he had entrusted the information obtained by Daniela.
