Nyai: A Woman from Java

6.5|2016|1h 30m| ID

Overview: 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.

Genres: Drama

Director: Garin Nugroho

Votes: 2

Production Companies:

Garin Workshop

Treewater Productions

Super 8mm Studio