Under the Tree

 

In Opera Jawa, which was screened at Bafici 2007, Indonesian Garin Nugroho took a millennial legend and transformed it into an omnivorous melodrama that intoned both tradition and song, and danced confidently to the rhythm of the pictorial traditions of his country: a Grand Guignol that knew of its condition and sang about it. In Under the Tree, Nugroho can’t stop the music, let alone the feet, not to mention magic realism. But now the director moves to Bali, steps on tradition and the occult [...]

Duration

104 min

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