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God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya
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Title: God Exists, Her Name Is Petrunya

Release Date: 1 May 2019

Runtime: 1h 40m

Genre: Drama

Director: Sisters and Brother Mitevski, Entre Chien et Loup, Vertigo, Spiritus Movens, Deuxième Ligne Films, Macedonian Film Fund, Eurimages, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB, Slovenian Film Center, Casa Kafka Pictures, CNC, Hrvatski Audiovizualni Centar

Production Companies: Sisters and Brother Mitevski, Entre Chien et Loup, Vertigo, Spiritus Movens, Deuxième Ligne Films, Macedonian Film Fund, Eurimages, Centre du Cinéma et de l'Audiovisuel de la FWB, Slovenian Film Center, Casa Kafka Pictures, CNC, Hrvatski Audiovizualni Centar

Overview: 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.

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Average Vote: 6.9 (137 votes)

Cast

  • Petrunija: Zorica Nusheva
  • Journalist Slavica: Labina Mitevska
  • Younger Officer Darko: Stefan Vujisić
  • Chief Inspector Milan: Simeon 'Moni' Damevski
  • The Priest: Suad Begovski
  • Vaska: Violeta Šapkovska
  • TV Cameraman Boykan: Xhevdet Jashari
  • Blagica: Andrijana Kolevska
  • Stoyan: Petar Mirčevski
  • Older Officer Vasko: Nikola Kumev
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