Nyai: A Woman from Java (2016)
Original title: Nyai
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.
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Annisa HertamiNyaiRudi CorensWillem van ErkCahwatiPembantu
Gunawan MaryantoPembantuHaydar SalishzPengacara JawaKedung Darma RomanshaSastro, Jurnalis, NovelisHeru PurwantoKyai Nogo EdanRichard PW HilgresPengacara BelandaMovie DNA
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What is Nyai: A Woman from Java about?
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.
How long is Nyai: A Woman from Java?
Nyai: A Woman from Java has a runtime of 90 minutes.