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Siti

2016 · 88 min

A quiet, black-and-white trudge through hardship, long takes and sea air pressing down on a woman's daily endurance.

Directed by
Eddie Cahyono
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sekar Sari, Bintang Timur, Haydar Salishz
Overview
A young mother to her son, Siti has to find ways and means to care for the boy, her husband and her mother-in-law. By day, she sells snacks; by night, she works as a karaoke guide. Tainted by her nighttime employment, Siti finds her husband no longer wishes to speak to her.

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Directed by
Eddie Cahyono
Genres
Drama
Starring
Sekar Sari, Bintang Timur, Haydar Salishz
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • family
  • class
  • isolation
  • gender
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour1
Realism9
Romance2
Tension5
Darkness7
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Eddie Cahyono
Written by
Eddie Cahyono
Starring
Sekar Sari, Bintang Timur, Haydar Salishz, Titi Dibyo, Ibnu "Gundul" Widodo, Agus Lemu, Chatur Stanis
Cinematography
Ujel Bausad
Runtime
88 min
Country
Indonesia
Languages
Indonesian, Javanese

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