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Hidup Baru

1951

A quiet, earnest postwar drama about family pressure and staying true to humble roots, told with plain sincerity.

Overview
Mukahar married a Marsih village girl. After Indonesia became fully sovereign, Mukahar and his wife moved to the city, but continued to live simply as if they were still in the village. This made his father angry. The father forces Mukahar to marry a city girl.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 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
  • betrayal
  • trauma
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour1
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Moh Arief
Starring
R.D. Mochtar, Komalasari, Netty Herawaty, Sukarsih, Abdul Hadi
Country
Indonesia
Languages
Indonesian

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