She married him. He raped her. Now the system protects him. Justice has a waiting list.
Lúcia is raped by her husband and presses charges against him. She fights the Portuguese legal system along with the Prosecutor's Assistant, Maria João Correia, to force her husband, the son of the State's Vice Attorney, into Court. The case takes place in closed session where Lúcia tries to find justice in a predominantly male world.
Acting
Iolanda Laranjeiro's controlled devastation in closed-room testimony.
Direction
António traps you in bureaucratic claustrophobia, no escape routes.
Writing
Legal dialogue that weaponizes procedure against the victim.
Director
Leonardo António
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Portugal only criminalized marital rape in 1982—this film excavates how legal 'progress' still fails in practice. The Vice Attorney's son isn't fantasy; it's architecture.
The casting of beloved Portuguese TV actors in antagonist roles weaponizes audience comfort against them—your brain wants to trust these familiar faces.
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