Indonesian filmmaker Mouly Surya on her feminist western. 'I never saw Marlina the Murderer as a revenge story.'

by Leo Bankersen
27 January 201827 January 2018
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Ja, ze vindt het zelf eigenlijk een bizar idee, een western maken in Indonesië. Maar dat intrigeerde de in Jakarta geboren en getogen filmmaker Mouly Surya juist. Haar eerste twee films gingen over vrouwen in de grote stad, een leven dat ze goed kent. Het verhaal van Marlina is volstrekt anders. Marlina is een weduwe op het straatarme en patriarchale eiland Sumba die bezoek krijgt van een roversbende.
Wie Marlina the Murderer nu ziet snapt direct dat die western-elementen perfect passen. Om te b...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

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