Title from cover art. Originally released as a motion picture in 2022. Aspect ratio 2:1 widescreen Special features: Bonus short film, Following Diana, directed by Kamila Andini (40 min.), Indonesian with English subtitles. Happy Salma, Laura Basuki, Arswendy Bening Swara, Ibnu Jamil.
Summary:
Set amid the political violence of late-1960s Indonesia, this film follows Nana, the beautiful wife of a wealthy plantation owner whose inner life remains with her deceased first husband, murdered in the civil war a decade prior. A survivor, Nana values her safety and material comforts, but carries out a haunted existence, dreaming of her lost love. Forced to confront her husband's blatant infidelity, Nana makes an unusual connection with his younger mistress, Ino. The two women, sharing their secrets and desires, discover a newfound freedom and intimacy withheld from them both by the strictures of patriarchal society.
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