CINEAST 2025

God Will Not Help 

Bog neće pomoći Croatie-Italie-Roumanie-Grèce-France-Slovénie 2025 | Hana Jušić | vostEN | 137′ | digital | Cast : Manuela Martelli, Ana Marija Veselčić, Filip Djurić, Mauro Ercegović Gracin, Nikša Butijer

► Pardo Award for Best Performance, Locarno 2025

Teresa, a Chilean woman, comes to an isolated community of Croatian shepherds claiming to be the widow of their émigré family member Marko. Her arrival causes turmoil and impacts group dynamics. A contemplative and atmospheric film about the perpetuation of faith, gender roles, violence, guilt and belonging in a traditional society where not everything is what it seems to be.

« Cinematographer Jana Plećaš shoots the towering landscapes with grim authority. Each character is framed by a sprawling mountainous expanse. Nature seems to play as operatic and lingering in dread as this tale of an outsider­–a straying woman­–who catalyses a self-recognition in women, fear in men, which they cannot quite square up to. » (High on Films)

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Location: Cinémathèque @Cercle Cité