SUBMISSION
SUBMISSAO
Director: Leonardo António
Country: Portugal
Release: 2020
Language – Runtime: DCP / Color / 117′
Portuguese with Turkish and English subtitles
Cast: Iolanda Laranjeiro, Maria João Abreu, João Catarré, Marcantonio Del Carlo, José Raposo, Martinho Silva, Miguel Thiré, João Didelet, Cristina Homem de Mello, António Fonseca
Lucia is raped by her husband and presses charges against him. While fighting the Portuguese legal system to get her husband in court, she finds out she is pregnant. The case takes place in closed session wherein Lucia represents the woman in a man’s world – the subject is rape and prostitution in marriage