God Is a Woman (French: Dieu est une femme) is a 2023 documentary film co-written and directed by Andres Peyrot, at his feature film debut. A co-production between France, Switzerland and Panama, it premiered at the 80th edition of the Venice Film Festival.
The film analyzes the profund effects a long-lost film by Pierre Dominique Gaisseau had in the Panamanian Guna tribe. In 1975, Gaisseau moved to Guna with his wife and his daughter for a year, to shoot a documentary film about its matriarchal community; because of lack of funds, the film was originally confiscated and never released, leaving the Guna tribe feverishly waiting to see the film, which gradually acquired a mythical status within the community.[1][2][3] Peyot first heard about this story at a film festival in 2010, and started working on a documentary investigating about the fate of the Gaisseau's documentary, and the impact it had on the Guna community.[4][1]
Production
The film marked the feature film debut of Andres Peyrot, who worked on the film for over ten years.[4][1] It is produced by Industrie Films and Upside Films Productions in association with P.S. Productions.[5]
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