God Will Not Help
by Hana Jušić
Bog ne bo pomagal, orig. Bog neće pomoći, 2025, fiction, co-production, digital DCP, c, 137 min
HR, IT, RO, GR, FR, SI
Finished
A Chilean woman, Teresa, comes into a firmly structured and isolated mountain community of Croatian shepherds in the early 20th century, claiming to be the widow of their émigré brother. Her arrival heavily changes the dynamics between the members of the community and brings unrest, but Teresa also brings freedom.
I was drawn to this story most of all by the way in which the rough reality of the shepherds’ world is reflected in our times as an ever-present echo in the creation of modern society out of the smaller and almost primordial communities. In the reverberations of that echo, I wanted to talk about the women who are on the margin of that world even more than it is usual for their gender, about the women who, in the end, from the margin assigned to them, stick their tongues out at patriarchy. Also,…
2 Golden Arena awards (73rd Pula Film Festival, 2026)
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nagrada breza for best debutant (Pula Film Festival, 2026)
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Special Prize ------- (CinEast - Central and Eastern European Film Festival, 2025)
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Special Prize best film (SFF - Sarajevo Film Festival, 2025)
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Pardo best performance (Locarno Film Festival, 2025)
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