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Requiem from Java

Opera Jawa

Indonesia, Austria

2006

120 Min
Color
1.85:1
Indonesian
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DIR Garin Nugroho

EXEC Simon Field, Keith Griffiths

PROD Garin Nugroho

SCR Aramantono, Garin Nugroho

DP Teoh Gay Hian

CAST Martinus Miroto, Eko Supriyanto, Artika Sari Devi, Retno Maruti, Jecko Siompo Pui

ED Andi Pulung Waluyo

PROD DES Nanang Rakhmat Hidayat

MUSIC Rahayu Supanggah

Venice (Horizons), Rotterdam (Maestros: Kings & Aces), San Francisco (World Cinema)

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

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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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oemamizm

8Aug12

tak ada dialog verbal, sepanjang film dengan tembang. artistik dan ilustrasi istimewa. adaptasi bebas terhadap lakon Ramayana.

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Angga Caesar

13Jun12

Exotic, erotic, beautiful.

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oldeuboi

13Jun12

Sumptuously beautiful. Astonishingly hypnotic.

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Kongtai

27May11

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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