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Criminal Impunity

OT: Impunidades Criminosas

Sol de Carvalho | Mozambique 2013

Feature | 74 min | FF2014

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Synopse

Sara looks back on her life. She killed her husband Armando because she couldn't take any more beatings from him. But her suffering didn't end there. Armando continues to torment her at night in the form of an apparition. And Paixão is also looking for him. He's the head of the gang Armando belonged to. When Paixão forces Sara to have sex with him under the guise of an ancient ritual, she kills him too. She ends up in prison, at odds with society but at peace with herself. Criminal Impunity has at its heart one of Mozambique's problems: 90% of all women found guilty of murder were previously the victims of domestic violence.


Regie

Sol de Carvalho (*1953) is a former journalist, photographer and political activist against Portuguese colonial rule in Mozambique. He is seen as the country's most socially critical film-maker, making both documentaries and feature films.

Info

Original Title: Impunidades Criminosas

International Title: Criminal Impunity

Category: Feature

Section: Vitrina

Version & Subtitles: Portuguese OV with English subtitles

Director: Sol de Carvalho

Screenplay: Maria José Artur, Sol de Carvalho

Cast/Protagonists: Esperança Naiene, Bresneve Matezo, Elliot Alex, Lucrécia Paco, Abdil Juma

Production country: Mozambique

Year of Production: 2013

Length: 74 min

Producer: Sol de Carvalho, Patrícia Faria, Marieta Manjate

Production company: Promarte, David & Golias


Cinematography: Leonardo Simões

Editor: Fábio Ribeiro

Music: Banda Positivo

Production Design: Lucha D'Orey, Ana Lúcia Silva