在这部上帝存在,她叫佩特鲁尼娅剧情片中,三十二岁的佩图尼亚身材微胖、相貌平平,空有一张历史文凭却毫无工作经验,面试再度失利还被男主管狠狠羞辱。在返家路上,佩图尼亚遇上男士限定的年度主显节“泳渡夺十字”大赛,抢到十字架的人将获得一整年的好运。神父在吟唱时失手提早开赛,上百位教徒壮丁争相跃入冰冷河水,万念具灰的她也不假思索地跳河奋游,竟破天荒抢得头筹。男性群起愤慨、神父大喊亵渎,一切随着网路影片疯传越演越烈,警方、记者、家人、朋友全都作对,这场前所未见的闹剧该如何解决?
启发自马其顿的真实事件,导演以强烈的影像,幽默讽刺的口吻,透过精准的女性特写,大胆批判马其顿的性别不平等,冲撞保守的宗教戒律,更呈现出司法和媒体的种种乱象。特立独行的佩图尼亚,仿佛是上帝派来考验那些陷入疯狂的世人,缩影了整个荒谬社会,成为一则当代警世寓言。
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 they faild to achieve. Petrunia insists that she is the winner and refuses to return the cross.
我们的名字是佩特鲁尼娅。《上帝存在,她叫佩特鲁尼娅》:当上帝是女性。十字架从来不是关键,她就是上帝。逆风而行的上帝。