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SELF-DEFENSE

LEGÍTIMA DEFESA

By Susanna LIRA

OCEAN FILMS BRAZIL - as PROD

Documentary - Completed 2017

Self-Defense tells the stories of three women who were subject to constant physical and psychological abuse from their partners. However, they defy the statistics by killing the men they love in order to survive.

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Ventana Sur 2017

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- Year of production
- 2017
- Genres
- Documentary
- Countries
- BRAZIL
- Languages
- BRAZILIAN-PORTUGUESE
- Budget
- 0 - 0.3 M$
- Duration
- 78 mn
- Director(s)
- Susanna LIRA
- Writer(s)
- Sara STOPAZZOLLI, Susanna LIRA
- Cast
- Ana Paula BOUZAS
- Producer(s)
- Leda STOPAZZOLLI (Mera Films), João RONI (Ocean Films)
- Synopsis
- Self-Defense tells the stories of three women, like many before them, who were subject to constant physical and psychological abuse from their partners. However, they defy the statistics and the common fate for most of them by killing the men they love in order to survive. Accused of homicide, these women face Justice, society and their own judgment, while trying to rebuild their lives.

SELF-DEFENSE

LEGÍTIMA DEFESA

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