FILM DAYS limited edition – 21 – 23 April 2023
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FILMS 2017: A – E | F – L | M – P | Q – S | T – Z | Feature Film | Short Film
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Garin Nugroho | Indonesia | 2018 | color | DCP | 106′ | Indonesian, Javanese | e.s.
A sensitive Javanese boy explores his sexual identity through a dance company where male and female merge in a sensual way. In the wider world around him he sees only violence and intolerance. A poetic-realistic coming-of-age story, based on the life of dancer Rianto.
Juno, a sensitive boy in a village on Java, struggles with confusing impressions following the sudden departure of his father. Juno practices with a traditional Lengger dance company, where male dancers can assume female forms. He is attracted by the sensuality of this, but he is also shocked when he sees how seduction can lead to violence. He begins to discover his own sexual identity while becoming friends with a young boxer and an old dance teacher.
Modern politics and traditional Indonesian dance, masculinity and femininity merge in this new film from Garin Nugroho, a versatile filmmaker who has regularly attended IFFR. Using straightforward means, he creates an impression of complex emotional and social relations at the time of Suharto’s resignation. The last episode is the most politically charged in this at times enchanting, at times realistic-poetic story. Inspired by the life of choreographer and dancer Rianto, who himself acts as a narrator through mini-performances and poignant recollections: “My body is my home.”
Place: The Cinemas 4
Date: 11 April 2019
Time: 13:00
Duration: 1:32
Place: The Cinemas 3
Date: 13 April 2019
Time: 14:45
Duration: 1:32
Year in
Festival
2019
Director
Garin Nugroho
Camera
Teoh Gay Hian
Cast
Muhammed Khan
Raditya Evandra
Rianto
Sujiwo Tejo
Teuku Rifnu Wikana
Randy Pangalila
Whani Darmawan
Country
Indonesia
Editor
Greg Arya
Language
Indonesian
Javanese
Length
106′
Music
Mondo Gascaro
Producer
Ifa Isfansyah
Matthew Jordan
Production Company
Fourcolours Films
Go-Studio
Production Design
Ong Hari Wahyu
Edy Wibowo
Sales
Asian Shadows
Scenario
Garin Nugroho
Sound Design
Khikmawan Santosa
Year of Production
2018