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Hostess Anita

1971

A somber, earnest melodrama of hardship and tangled family ties, moving slowly through nightclub life toward quiet heartbreak.

Overview
Anita, finally became a hostess because there was no other job. Her determination is to repay his mother, a sickly widow. At work she then got a customer, Winarto, who turned out to be her biological father. When Winarto's wife, Carla, kisses her husband's gesture, she manages to hire a delinquent young man. Luckily there is Darmawan, who takes her to nightclubs and always defends her. Anita's efforts were not liked by her mother until she died

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • class
  • identity
  • survival
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • 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
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Matnoor Tindaon
Starring
Mila Karmila, Ishaq Iskandar, Marlia Hardi, S. Bono, Susi Pangat, Aminah Cendrakasih, Benyamin Sueb, Ismar Lubis
Country
Indonesia
Languages
Indonesian

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