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Gospod postoi, imeto i' e Petrunija

2019

FYROM (Former Yugoslav Republic Of Macedonia)

Teona Strugar Mitevska

Zorica Nusheva, Labina Mitevska, Stefan Vujisic, Suad Begovski ...

6.4

575

Drama Every January in a small town in Macedonia, the high priest throws a cross into the local waters, while hundreds of men charge for it. The one who finds the cross is believed to gain overall good fortune and prosperity. An unemployed single young woman Petrunija jumps into the water and catches the cross. In this conservative setting, her competitors feel they have every right to be furious: a woman dared to compete and achieve what ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jay Weissberg Variety	"The genial rushed ending undercuts its gender-equality thrust by presenting Petrunya’s emotional savior as a mustachioed guy in uniform (...) [Teona Strugar Mitevska] delivers her most focused film to date"
		Neil Young The Hollywood Reporter	"Ambitious but disappointing (...) [A] heavy-handed indictment of patriarchal stupidity (...) [A] powerhouse central turn [by Nusheva]."
		Sarah Ward Screendaily	"Bitingly amusing at times, [a] crusading, clear-eyed film (...) Played with inner steeliness by impressive comic stage performer Nusheva, Petrunya is a thoroughly relatable 21st century protagonist"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"What begins as a sprightly, shrewd, visually striking satire from Macedonian director Teona Strugar Mitevska deflates in its second act into something unconvincing, sophomoric and dramatically redundant (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Nicolas Rapold The New York Times	"Mitevska and the cinematographer, Virginie Saint Martin, lend Petrunya’s external world some further off-kilter flair and eye-catching patterns. But the standoff with authorities dawdles and languishes"
		Vladan Petkovic Cineuropa	"Petrunya's struggle is emblematic of the most acute social issue of our times (...) and Mitevska's film is both a significant contribution to the cause and a powerful cinematic work in its own right."

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