終於受不了丈夫的暴力相向，妻子抱著受傷的六歲女兒，滿臉鮮血、鼻青臉腫地跑入警局求援。她要的不多，只求一紙判決伸張正義，可是比起家暴的皮肉疼痛，冗長官僚的菲律賓訴訟體系，更如心靈凌遲，令人絕望難忍。司法非關真相、非關正義，只關乎哪一方更能在法官面前舌粲善辯、搬弄法條。然而無論加害方或受害方，都將在這場為求勝訴、投注大量時間與金錢的困獸纏鬥中，付出沉重代價⋯⋯。

菲律賓新銳編導雷蒙里貝古特列茲，師承電影大師曼多薩，將獲獎短片延伸成首部長片作品。家暴事實歷歷在目，正義卻漸行漸遠，十足張力讓人看得義憤填膺又莫可奈何。手持攝影與表演完美搭配，觀眾有如貼著角色呼吸，在擁擠悶熱難熬的現實泥濘裡，共感奮力一搏的掙扎喘息。

Joy and her six-year-old daughter Angel live in Manila, with her husband, Dante, a small-time criminal. As so often in the past, Dante comes home drunk at night and beats Joy brutally. This time, he also hurts Angel. Joy grabs her daughter and flees to the local police post to finally get him sent to jail. Justice, Joy learns, takes time at best and is impossible to get at worst.

雷蒙里貝古特列茲，1992年生於菲律賓，電影編導。學生時期研讀多媒體，後來投入電影，成為電影大師曼多薩的門生。以《Imago》與《Judgement》兩度入選坎城影展短片競賽，《判決之後》為其第一部劇情長片，於威尼斯影展地平線單元獲評審團特別獎肯定。

Raymund Ribay Gutierrez is a Filipino director and screenwriter. His first two short films,Imago (2016) and Judgement (2018), were both nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival.Verdict is his first feature, which recived the special Jury Prize in the Orizzonti section of Venice 2019.