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2016 | Color | 86:41

Intimate battles is the story of 5 women from different countries who have survived domestic violence. Their fight to face it not only against their partners but also the society and their government.

It is a slide of life of what violence has done to them, how it has broken their lives, in the place that's supposed to be the most safe and lovable: their own homes.


Direction: Gajá; Lucía
Script: Gajá; Lucía
Production: Gajá; Lucía, Herranz Fanjul; Rodrigo
Photography: Bellver; Marc
Sound: Barberis; Matías, Esquerra; Cristina, Gajá; Lucía
Music: Lieberman; Jacobo, Heiblum; Leonardo
Participation year at FICM: 2016

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Intimate Battles

Intimate Battles is the story of five women from different countries who have lived domestic violence, their fight to face it, survived it and overcome it. It is a slide of life of what violence has done to them, how it has broken their lives, in the place that was supposed to be the most safe and lovable: their own homes.

 

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