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.
- Year: 2016
- Country: Indonesia
- Genre: Drama
- Studio: Garin Workshop, Treewater Productions, Super 8mm Studio
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- Director: Garin Nugroho
- Cast: Annisa Hertami, Rudi Corens, Cahwati, Gunawan Maryanto, Haydar Salishz, Kedung Darma Romansha