God Will Not Help
Bog neće pomoći
Bog ne bo pomagal
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A traditional patriarchal mountain community goes into turmoil when a mysterious foreign woman arrives claiming to be the wife of a man who left them many years ago.

A Chilean woman, Teresa, comes into a firmly structured and isolated mountain community of Croatian shepherds in the early 20th century. The village is deserted, since everyone went up for the summer pasture, high in the mountain. They left behind only Milena, a lonely woman left unmarried to serve her family. Teresa brings the shocking news that she is the wife of Marko, the eldest, emigre son of the family. At least, that's her story. Her arrival changes the dynamics between the members of the community and brings unrest, but also inspiration for other women.

"I was drawn to this story most of all by the way in which the rough reality of the shepherds' world is reflected on our times as an ever-present echo in creation of the 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." (Hana Jušić)


Talk after Screening
16 Nov at 16:20, Kosovel Hall, guests: Hana Jušić (director), Ana Marija Veselčić (actress), Aleš Pavlin (co-producer), moderator: Toni Cahunek
Section: PANORAMA
Directed by: Hana Jušić
Country, year: Croatia, Italy, Slovenia, Romania, Greece, France, 2025
Length: 137 minutes
Subtitles: Slovenian
Language: Croatian, Spanish

Screening in cinema:

Sun, 16.11.2025 16:20 Kosovel Hall
Mon, 17.11.2025 21:00 Kino Bežigrad
Sun, 23.11.2025 16:00 AGRFT Hall

VOD service:

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Please note that this film is not available as VOD service.
Screenplay:
Hana Jušić
Cinematography:
Jana Plećaš
Cast:
Manuela Martelli (Teresa), Ana Marija Veselčić (Milena), Filip Đurić (Ilija), Mauro Ercegović Gracin (Nikola), Nikša Butijer (Stanko), Tina Orlandini (Đuka), Bogdan Farcas (Marko), Ivan Skoko (Krste), Vinko Kraljević (Mijat)
Producent:
Kinorama & Perfo Production
ankica@kinorama.hr
Distribution:
Fivia d.o.o.
cenex@siol.net
Sales:
New Europe Film Sales
info@neweuropefilmsales.com
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About director
Born in 1983 in Šibenik, Croatia. She majored in film and TV directing at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She wrote and directed several short films before directing her feature film debut, Quit Staring at My Plate, in 2016, which won more than thirty awards, including FEDEORA for Best European film at Venice Days. An acclaimed Croatian film director and screenwriter, she also writes screenplays for TV series.
Filmography
2013 Kratki spojevi (Short Circuits) (sorežija/co-director)
2015 Da je kuća dobra i vuk bi je imao (No Wolf Has a House)
2016 Ne gledaj mi u pijat (Quit Staring at My Plate)
2025 Bog neće pomoći (Bog ne bo pomagal)