Nyai: A Woman from Java

Drama · 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.

Starring

Annisa Hertami, Garin Nugroho, Rudi Corens, Garin Nugroho, Garin Nugroho, Cahwati, Gunawan Maryanto, Retno Ratih Damayanti, Retno Ratih Damayanti, Haydar Salishz

Director

Garin Nugroho