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16th Jecheon International Music & Film Festival

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Music Film Landscape

  • Indonesia
  • 2024
  • 80min
  • DCP
  • B&W
  • Fiction
  • World Music, Electronic
  • Korean Premiere
  • 12

Synopsis

A man from a poor family in 1930s Bali has his marriage proposal rejected by the wealthy parents of the woman he loves. He makes a supernatural pact with the Hanoman and performs a dark ritual to gain wealth. However, in the process, the ritual ends up cursing his wife and child, condemning them to suffering.

Program Note

Indonesia's leading auteur masterfully bridges a millennium of gamelan music with cutting-edge electronica, leaping across centuries of high culture. In a spellbinding homage to silent cinema, often reminiscent of Murnau, Samsara revisits folk tales' wisdom, with the warning not to sacrifice future to greed. Through the mythical figure of the Monkey King and his mischiefs men shortcomings are exposed but, also, the possibility for beauty to awake again. (Benjamin Illos)

Director

Garin Nugroho

A pioneer of the New Indonesian Cinema, he has worked across various fields, both in film and live performance, negotiating the complexities of his country and its culture through diverse filmmaking styles and artistic disciplines. He won the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Bangkok ASEAN Film Festival.
  • ProducerGita Fara
  • CastArio Bayu, Juliett Burnett, Gusbang Sada
  • ScreenwriterGarin Nugroho
  • CinematographerBatara Goempar, I.C.S
  • EditorBeck
  • MusicKasimyn Wayan Sudirana
  • SoundSutrisno

Schedule

TimeTheaterCodeRateSubEventLive ConcertTicket
2025-09-06  20:00JIMFF Cinema 522212N QA-Go