Nyai: A Woman from Java

Nyai: A Woman from Java

90 mins | Drama | Oct. 7, 2016

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.

Nyai: A Woman from Java

90 mins | Drama | Oct. 7, 2016

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.
Producers Treewater Productions, Super 8mm Studio, Garin Nugroho Workshop
Original title Nyai
Directors Gunawan Maryanto, Garin Nugroho
Writers Garin Nugroho

Cast

Annisa Hertami

as Nyai

Rudi Corens

as Willem van Erk

Cahwati

as Pembantu

Gunawan Maryanto

as Pembantu

Haydar Salishz

as Pengacara Jawa

Kedung Darma Romansha

as Sastro, Jurnalis, Novelis

Heru Purwanto

as Kyai Nogo Edan

Richard PW Hilgres

as Pengacara Belanda