Nyai: A Woman from Java
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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Nyai: A Woman from Java
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 7, 2016
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
User Score
65%
Original Title
Nyai
Production Companies
Garin Workshop, Treewater Productions, Super 8mm Studio
Director
Garin Nugroho
Description
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.