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SUBMISSION

SUBMISSÃO

By Leonardo ANTÓNIO

ANTIDOTE SALES - as SALES

Drama - Completed 2020

Lúcia is assaulted 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.

Festivals
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Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival 2020
Best Script
Milan International Film Festival Awards 2020
Best Film; Best Screenwriting; Best Acting Performance Female; Best Music/Sound Design; Best Cinematography
Caminhos Film Festival 2020
Film Festival Kitzbuehel 2021
Narrative Feature Film Competition
Prague Film Awards 2021
Best Director
ÉCU - The European Independent Film Festival 2021
Special Jury Mention
Beirut International Women Film Festival 2021
Feature Fiction Films
Stony Brook Film Festival 2021
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    • Year of production
    • 2020
    • Genres
    • Drama, Social issues, Crime
    • Countries
    • PORTUGAL, FRANCE
    • Languages
    • PORTUGUESE
    • Duration
    • 117 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Leonardo ANTÓNIO
    • Writer(s)
    • Leonardo ANTÓNIO
    • Producer(s)
    • Leonardo ANTÓNIO (Quattuor Pictures), Stefanie COIMBRA (House of Quest)
    • Synopsis
    • In its essence, Submission is a film about relationships, exploring emotional attachment, violence and life choices within marriage. During my research for the script, I came to understand that most domestic violence issues are a consequence and not a cause. The real cause is our actual inability, as human beings, to foresee if the person we choose to settle down with will bring positive or negative experiences into our lives.

      Submission begins by showing the woman's perspective, the rape victim, the wife, the protagonist. But instead of presenting a predictable victim-centred story, by the end of the film, viewers will have no way of knowing who is right or wrong.

      To me, this ambiguity is truly the definition of responsibility in terms of scriptwriting and filmmaking. As storytellers, we are not supposed to answer these questions. We're supposed to present them and remember that they still exist in a world where feminism is finally threading the political world.
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