GOSPOD POSTOI, IMETO I' E PETRUNIJA

by Teona Strugar Mitevska

Northern Macedonia, Belgium, Slovenia, Croatia, France, 2019, 100', color, DCP

Screenplay: Teona S. Mitevska, Elma Tataragic

GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNYA

cinematography
Virginie Saint-Martin
editing
Marie-Hélène Dozo
music
Olivier Samouillan
sound
Hrvoje Petek
production design
Vuk Mitevski
costumes
Monika Lorber

cast
Zorica Nusheva
[Petrunija]
Labina Mitevska
[Slavica]
Simeon Moni Damevski
[Chief inspector Milan]
Suad Begovski
[Priest]
Violeta Shapkovska
[Vaska]
Stefan Vujisic
[Young officer]
Xhevdet Jasari
[Cameraman]
Andrijana Kolevska
[Blagica]

producer
Labina Mitevska
productions
Sisters And Brother Mitevski
Entre Chien et Loup
Vertigo
Spiritus Movens
Deuxième Ligne Films
EZ Films

co-producers
Sébastien Delloye
Marie Dubas
Zdenka Gold
Danijel Hočevar
Elie Meirovitz

world sales
Pyramide International
mail

In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. Her competitors are furious - how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.

GOD EXISTS, HER NAME IS PETRUNIJA

Filmography

2019 Gospod postoi, imeto i' e Petrunija

(God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya)

2017 When the Day Had no Name

2012 The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears

2008 Jas sum od Titov Veles
(I Am from Titov Veles)

2004 Kako ubiv svetec
(How I Killed a Saint)

2001 Veta (short)

2000 Amer in Amerika (short)

1999 Why is Betty Boop Angry (short)

Teona Strugar Mitevska has a degree in graphic design and studied film at the Tisch School of the Arts in New York. Her short film Veta screened at the Berlinale in the Panorama section. She made her feature directorial debut in 2004 with How I Killed a Saint, selected for the Rotterdam Film Festival. Her feature film I am from Titov Veles premiered at the Sarajevo and Toronto Film Festivals, before going on to screen at over 80 festivals worldwide, winning more than 20 awards. She returned to Berlin in 2012 with The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears and, most recently, with When the Day Had No Name in 2012 and God Exists, Her Name is Petrunya in 2019.