Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija
God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya
Wie ein Rudel Wölfe scharren die Männer am Ufer der eiskalten Otinja und warten, dass der Priester das Kreuz in den Fluss wirft, nach dem sie alle um die Wette tauchen wollen. Doch es wird in diesem Jahr keinen Sieger geben, denn Petrunya ist schneller als all ihre männlichen Konkurrenten. Ihr Triumph löst einen Konflikt aus, in dem religiöse Borniertheit und geifernde Misogynie ihr hässliches Gesicht zeigen. Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija ist ein feministisches Manifest, das archaischen Strukturen, dem Patriarchat der orthodoxen Kirche und der Verachtung weiblicher Selbstbestimmung satirisch den Kampf ansagt. (Joachim Kurz, kino-zeit.de)
“Tell them you’re 24”, advises Petrunya’s mother as her daughter heads off to another job interview. But Petrunya is 31, and she has studied history, which no one in Macedonia seems to need. On her way home – naturally, she did not get the job – Petrunya takes the plunge. It is Epiphany, and young men are diving for a holy cross thrown into the icy river. Petrunya is the fastest, and she will defend her victory against the closed ranks of the male world. Teona Strugar Mitevska delivers an angry satire that questions the democratic status in Macedonian society and passes scathing judgement on the church, the judiciary and the media. (Berlinale)
Director's Biography
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Teona Strugar Mitevska was born in Skopje, Macedonia, in 1974. She now lives there and in Brussels. She has a degree in graphic design and studied film at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. With her siblings Vuk and Labina she runs the Sisters and Brother Mitevski production company. “God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya” won the Guild Film Prize at Berlinale 2019.
Film Selection: Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija (God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya, 2019) - Koga denot nemase ime (When the Day Had No Name, 2017, CE'17) - The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears (2012; CE’12) - Jas sum od Titov Veles (I Am from Titov Veles, 2008, CE'08) - Kako ubiv svetec (How I Killed a Saint, 2004; CE’04)
Teona Strugar Mitevska was born in Skopje, Macedonia, in 1974. She now lives there and in Brussels. She has a degree in graphic design and studied film at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. With her siblings Vuk and Labina she runs the Sisters and Brother Mitevski production company. “God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya” won the Guild Film Prize at Berlinale 2019.
Film Selection: Gospod postoi, imeto i’ e Petrunija (God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya, 2019) - Koga denot nemase ime (When the Day Had No Name, 2017, CE'17) - The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears (2012; CE’12) - Jas sum od Titov Veles (I Am from Titov Veles, 2008, CE'08) - Kako ubiv svetec (How I Killed a Saint, 2004; CE’04)
European Panorama Fiction 2019
Teona Strugar Mitevska
Nordmazedonien / Belgien / Slowenien / Kroatien / Frankreich 2019
color
100 Minuten
Mazedonisch Ome&dU
Drehbuch Elma Tataragić, Teona Strugar Mitevska
Kamera Virginie Saint-Martin
Schnitt Marie-Hélène Dozo
Ton/Sounddesign Hrvoje Petek
Musik Olivier Samouillan
Mit Zorica Nusheva, Labina Mitevska, Simeon Moni Damevski, Suad Begovski
Produzent*innen Labina Mitevska, Sébastien Delloye, Danijel Hocevar, Zdenka Gold, Marie Dubas, Elie Meirovitz
Produktion
Sisters and Brother Mitevski, Entre Chien et Loup, Vertigo, Spiritus Movens, Deuxième Ligne Films, EZ Films
Weltvertrieb
Pyramide International
Österreichpremiere
Verleih in Österreich
Polyfilm
Weltpremiere
Berlinale 2019
Austrian RightsPolyfilm
Weltpremiere / World Premiere
Berlinale 2019
Premierenstatus / Premiere Status
Austrian Premiere
