Nyai: A Woman from Java
6.5
October 2016
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.
Runtime:
1 hour 30 minutes
Status:
Released
Original Language:
id
Budget:
N/A
Revenue:
N/A
Director:
Garin Nugroho