Submission

(2020)

★ 6.2 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2020

Runtime: 117 мин

Country: Portugal

Director: Leonardo António

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

Plot

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.