Country: Indonesia
Director: Mouly Surya
Cast: Marsha Timothy, Yoga Pratama, Egy Fedly & Dea Panendra.
Marlina is a widow who lives on the island of Sumba in the Eastern side of Indonesia. Her grieving life changes when a band of criminals arrives at her house intent on stealing her goods and raping her.
The movie is divided into four chapters, “Robbery,” “The Journey,” “The Confession” and “The Birth”. It deals with misogyny in Indonesian culture and wide lens shots show the desolate landscape of Eastern Indonesia. Zeke Khaseli and Yudhi Arfani deserve special mention for their exceptional score that brought the feeling of a western movie atmosphere. The two genres that pop up to my mind while talking about Indonesian cinemas is Action (Traditional Indonesian martial art movies) and Horror. It's a good sign for the Indonesian film industry to try their luck on different genres and explore new things. It was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Overall, It's a stylish female-oriented movie to watch and The director of the movie, Mouly Surya calls this film as a ‘Satay Western’.
Verdict: Good
Director: Mouly Surya
Cast: Marsha Timothy, Yoga Pratama, Egy Fedly & Dea Panendra.
Marlina is a widow who lives on the island of Sumba in the Eastern side of Indonesia. Her grieving life changes when a band of criminals arrives at her house intent on stealing her goods and raping her.
The movie is divided into four chapters, “Robbery,” “The Journey,” “The Confession” and “The Birth”. It deals with misogyny in Indonesian culture and wide lens shots show the desolate landscape of Eastern Indonesia. Zeke Khaseli and Yudhi Arfani deserve special mention for their exceptional score that brought the feeling of a western movie atmosphere. The two genres that pop up to my mind while talking about Indonesian cinemas is Action (Traditional Indonesian martial art movies) and Horror. It's a good sign for the Indonesian film industry to try their luck on different genres and explore new things. It was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Overall, It's a stylish female-oriented movie to watch and The director of the movie, Mouly Surya calls this film as a ‘Satay Western’.
Verdict: Good
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