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Nyai: A Woman from Java

2016-10-07 Drama 1hr 30m

Set in Indonesia's Dutch colonial era, in 1927, a young and beautiful woman lives with her sick and aged Dutch husband. This woman loses her own name and is called Njai, which means a foreigner's concubine, and realizes that she is living in a kind of prison, while she deals with loads of visitors to her residence. Director Garin Nugroho shows in a distinctive way how much effort a woman, deserted both by the colonial country's law and the colonized country's traditional culture, puts in to retain her dignity.

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Set in Indonesia's Dutch colonial era, in 1927, a young and beautiful woman lives with her sick and aged Dutch husband. This woman loses her own name and is called Njai, which means a foreigner's concubine, and realizes that she is living in a kind of prison, while she deals with loads of visitors to her residence. Director Garin Nugroho shows in a distinctive way how much effort a woman, deserted both by the colonial country's law and the colonized country's traditional culture, puts in to retain her dignity.

  • Released
    2016-10-07
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  • Runtime
    1hr 30m
  • Genre
    Drama
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    Nederlands, Bahasa indonesia, English
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  • Production
    Garin Workshop, Treewater Productions, Super 8mm Studio

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Garin Nugroho
Director
Garin Nugroho
Writer
Gita Fara
Producer
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