Francisca awaits the trial of her ex-partner, accused of domestic violence against her. Cláudia, Francisca’s daughter, witnessed and documented the consequences of the psychological aggressions inflicted on Francisca after the end of their relationship.
This court case led Cláudia to question herself (through Francisca’s biography) about the role of women in a patriarchal society, often placed “in the pink corner”.

“In the pink corner” is a personal, intimate film about what my mother experienced during a domestic violence process. I registered what was happening like someone registering a piece of evidence. Gradually, this observation about the behavior of the aggressor and the victim became an observation about the perpetuation of these roles – due to the ineffectiveness of the system in which they both operate. The personal is political.
The film is based on an interview with Francisca ( fictional name). This formal choice places the female subject under the “pink” idea of being a woman. From the interview emerge other narrative lines related to Francisca’s biography and the role of women in Portuguese society, before and after April 25.
The use of family archives, some of them almost 30 years old, is intended to highlight Francisca’s behavior, which, on the one hand, tries to break with the place imposed on her socially, but on the other, occupies the same place as a caring and conciliatory woman.
The occasional use of common media devices in cases of domestic violence, such as the omission of the face or voice, is done in an ostentatious way, as metalanguage. The omission of identity traits, whether it’s the face, the voice or the narrative itself, conveys this sense of absence of identity.
Although the film ends with the sentencing of the individual, the resolution of “No canto rosa” does not depend on justice or external factors. Not only is the system permeable to the appearance of more cases, but Francisca’s regeneration will never be effective. The regeneration of this woman’s “self”, like that of others, requires a long and introspective journey so that she can (re)find her voice and her own identity as a female individual in the social context of which she is a part.