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Opera Jawa
Garin Nugroho 2007
Categories: Global Lens, Narrative Feature
4 pictures Pictures
Run time: 120 min. | Indonesia | Language: Indonesian, with subtitles in English | color
Setyo and Siti live a peaceful life as husband and wife, selling earthenware in their village. But when Setyo is called away on business, a flirtatious butcher, Ludiro, takes advantage of Siti's loneliness to seduce her. Tempted by song and dance, Siti initially refuses his advances but acquiesces in a moment of weakness, setting the stage for an epic battle between the two men. Located in lush forests and on pristine beaches of Java, director Garin Nugroho bases his deeply imagistic and dazzling visual narrative on the “The Abduction of Sita,” from the Hindu epic, The Ramayana.

About the Director: Garin Nugroho was born in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, in 1961. He studied filmmaking at the Institut Kesenian Jakarta, where he later taught filmmaking and was the Dean Assistant of Film Faculty & TV. He has directed numerous award-wining documentaries, short films and music videos. He has also worked as a film critic for Indonesian newspapers, as a Media Coalition Coordinator at the 2004 election, and is currently the director of SET Film Workshop. His feature film Of Love and Eggs (2004) was selected for Global Lens 2007. His other previous feature films include Birdman Tale (2002), And the Moon Dances (1995), Leaf on a Pillow (1998), Letter for an Angel (1994), and Love on a Slice of Bread (1991). Opera Jawa is his seventh feature film.

Global Lens is sponsored by Dorothy Kirsch.
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Cast & Crew
director
Garin Nugroho
writer
Armantono
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executive producer
Keith Griffith
Simon Field
producer
Garin Nugroho
composer
Rahayu Supanggah
Wiwid Setya
cinematographer
Teoh Gay Hian
editor
Andhy Pulung
sound
Siti asifa Nasution
Cast
Artika Sari Devi
Eko Supriyanto (Ludiro)
Martinus Miroto (Setyo)
Nyoman Sure (Sure)
Retno Maruti (Sukesi)
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