Requiem from Java
Opera Jawa
Indonesia, Austria
2006
120 Min
Color
1.85:1
Indonesian
Synopsis
This is the story about Setyo, Siti and Ludiro, who were the performer of Javanese Ramayana’s Wayang Wong. Setyo and Siti are spouse who live in a village by selling earthenware products. In the village, live as well Ludiro, the head of the stockyard, who is very wealthy and secretly in love with Siti. Conflicts arrived as Setyo’s earthenware company is going bankrupt and Siti started to took notice in Ludiro’s desire to win her love. These triangle love transform into a civil war in the village that brings not only extremity and injustice, but also the death of the loved ones. —IMDb
Director
Garin Nugroho
Garin Nugroho Riyanto (June 6, 1961) is an award-winning Indonesian film director who has directed many of Indonesia’s most acclaimed films.
His films have won prizes at the Berlin International Film Festival and Singapore International Film Festival.
His 1991 road film Cinta Dalam Sepotong Roti is often cited as one of the top Indonesian films of the last twenty years.
His 2000 film Puisi Tak Terkuburkan won several awards at the Singapore International Film Festival. —Wikipedia
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Al Saad
28May11
I have never seen anything like this before, how is Garin Nugroho make this film by combinate the elements of a stage drama society or cultural to be a very interesting movie and the traditional music is also very fantastic!!
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Brad Scott
15Jan11
Any film the first subtitle of which is "In a pig's liver you can see an entire life" must be worth watching
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Cinema Poetica
5Jun10
For me, Garin is just drawing an exotic candy-colored picture of his own country, which is a shame for a man of his talents.
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