A Cross In The Desert
Pious girl Paraskeva, leaves her life in city of Constantinopole and after pilgrimage to Jerusalem, spends 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.
Beside lead story, we see relations between christians and muslims in 10th century. Side story shows us how two women (beduin arab girl Zaineb and Paraskeva) from different cultural, social and religious backgrounds share same human emotions, values, love and friendship with their pure hearts. Zaineb is her only friend during time in desert, also her mirror and reflection of the outside world.
It is a story about how people can overcome own weaknesses. Topics of film are universal moral questions of mankind, and that makes it relevant today anywhere in the world.
Beside lead story, we see relations between christians and muslims in 10th century. Side story shows us how two women (beduin arab girl Zaineb and Paraskeva) from different cultural, social and religious backgrounds share same human emotions, values, love and friendship with their pure hearts. Zaineb is her only friend during time in desert, also her mirror and reflection of the outside world.
It is a story about how people can overcome own weaknesses. Topics of film are universal moral questions of mankind, and that makes it relevant today anywhere in the world.
Pobožna devojka Paraskeva, napušta svoj život među ljudima u gradu Konstantinopolju i, nakon hodočašća u Jerusalim, odlazi u Jordansku pustinju gde provodi narednih 40 godina svog života boreći se sa iskušenjima, gresima i unutarnjim demonima. Pratimo njen put, od obične devojke do jedne od najvoljenijih i najpoštovanijih Svetiteljki Hrišćanstva i Pravoslavlja.
Osim glavne linije priče, vidimo i odnos hrišćana i muslimana u 10. veku. Bočna priča nam govori o dve žene (arapkinji Zejnebi iz beduinskog plemena i Petki) koje potiču iz različitih kulturnih, socijalnih i verskih sredina, ali dele iste ljudske emocije, vrednosti i stvaraju neobično prijateljstvo svojim čistim srcima. Tokom boravka u pustinji, Zejneba je Petkin jedini prijatelj, ali i ogledalo i odraz spoljnjeg sveta koji je Petka napustila. Ova priča nam govori kako ljudi mogu da pobede svoje slabosti. Teme ovog filma su univerzalna moralna pitanja čovečanstva, što ga čini aktuelnim i danas, bilo gde na svetu.
Osim glavne linije priče, vidimo i odnos hrišćana i muslimana u 10. veku. Bočna priča nam govori o dve žene (arapkinji Zejnebi iz beduinskog plemena i Petki) koje potiču iz različitih kulturnih, socijalnih i verskih sredina, ali dele iste ljudske emocije, vrednosti i stvaraju neobično prijateljstvo svojim čistim srcima. Tokom boravka u pustinji, Zejneba je Petkin jedini prijatelj, ali i ogledalo i odraz spoljnjeg sveta koji je Petka napustila. Ova priča nam govori kako ljudi mogu da pobede svoje slabosti. Teme ovog filma su univerzalna moralna pitanja čovečanstva, što ga čini aktuelnim i danas, bilo gde na svetu.
