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The film follows the true story of (Saint Petka), a young woman from 10th-century Constantinople who leaves her comfortable life behind after the death of her parents. After a pilgrimage to Jerusalem, she chooses a life of extreme asceticism, spending the next 40 years in the Jordanian desert . Throughout the film, we witness her:
The film (English: A Cross in the Desert ) is a 2022 biographical drama directed by Hadži-Aleksandar Đurović . Based on the bestselling novel Petkana by Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović , the film depicts the spiritual odyssey of Saint Petka (Paraskeva), who spent 40 years in the Jordan desert battling inner demons and temptations to attain holiness. Synopsis and Themes