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Mouly SURYA | Indonesia | 2017 | color | DCP | 95′ | Indonesian | e.s.
In this unconventional, slightly absurdist revenge Western set in the Far East, widow Marlina goes in search of justice. Her journey through the inhospitable countryside of the Indonesian island Sumba brings her unexpected allies and reveals unsuspected, powerful aspects of her character.
The countryside on the Indonesian island Sumba is an inhospitable place – particularly for women. Marlina finds this out painfully when a gang of robbers breaks into her home demanding her virtue, and her livestock. Recovering from the initial shock, she decides not to give in without a fight. The bare landscape is the perfect setting for this revenge Western, with a laconic yet determined Marlina in the lead role. The people she meets on her path to justice accept her mission as a matter of course, along with the fact that she carries the head of one of her tormentors around with her.
This story, full of dry humor and accompanied by an atmospheric soundtrack, unfolds in tightly framed shots of the photogenic landscape and the mystical interior of Marlina’s wooden house. The original idea for the film, included in Cannes’ Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, was by IFFR veteran Garin Nugroho, who thought a woman should tell the story.
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 12 April 2018
Time: 20:15
Duration: 1:13
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 14 April 2018
Time: 21:15
Duration: 1:13
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 15 April 2018
Time: 16:00
Duration: 1:13
Year in
Festival
2018
Director
Mouly SURYA
Camera
Yunus Pasolang
Cast
Marsha Timothy
Dea Panendra
Egy Fedly
Yoga Pratama
Country
Indonesia
Editor
Kelvin Nugroho
Language
Length
95′
Music
Yudhi Kurniawan
Zeke Khaseli
Producer
Fauzan Rizal
Rama Adi
Production Company
Cinesurya
Kaninga Pictures
Production Design
Frans Paat
Sales
Asian Shadows
Scenario
Mouly Surya
Rama Adi
Garin Nugroho
Sound Design
Khikmawan Santosa
Year of Production
2017