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Australian première
Pious girl – Paraskeva – leaves her life in city of Constantinople and after pilgrimage to Jerusalem, spends the next 40 years in Jordan desert, fighting sins, temptations and inner demons. We follow her path from an ordinary girl to one of the most beloved female Saints in Christianity that is celebrate today.

We see the relations between Christians and Muslims in 10th century. How two women (a Bedouin Arab girl, Zaineb, and Paraskeva) from different cultural, social and religious backgrounds share same human emotions, values, love and friendship. Zaineb is her only friend during time in desert, also her mirror and reflection of the outside world. 

Serbian with ENGLISH subtitles. 

Genre: Drama
Country: Serbia/Jordan 
Director: Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic

Nominated for BEST FILM, BEST DIRECTOR and BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY.

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