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Opera Jawa (Requiem from Java) is a 2006 Indonesian-Austrian musical film directed by Garin Nugroho that features traditional Javanese classical music and dance in a setting of opera that is inspired by the "Abduction of Sita" episode from the Ramayana.
Jan 16, 2008 · Opera Jawa. Directed by Garin Nugroho. Musical. Not Rated. 2 hours. By Jeannette Catsoulis. Jan. 16, 2008. A colorful and confounding head trip, “Opera Jawa” is guaranteed to test the ...
- Garin Nugroho
Plot :Siti (Artika Sari Devi) and Setio (Martinus Miroto) are a married couple living in a small village. They were once dancers in plays depicting the Ramay...
- 3 min
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Jan 16, 2008 · Javanese Opera: Directed by Garin Nugroho. With Martinus Miroto, Eko Supriyanto, Artika Sari Devi, Retno Maruti. The story of the performer of Javanese Ramayana human wayang.
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- Drama, Musical
- Garin Nugroho
- 2008-01-16
Laura's Review: A. Extraordinary, eerie, exotic and erotic, "Opera Jawa" is one of those rarities - a new cinematic experience. This lush Indonesian musical is performed in the tembang style, all dialogue delivered in song like "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg," with a score by Rahayu Supanggah comprised of traditional, discordant modern, and the ...
Rated: 3/5 Jan 16, 2008 Full Review David Walsh World Socialist Web Site Nugroho's Opera Jawa (Requiem from Java) is an astonishing work, a modern-day Javanese opera-in honor of the 250th ...
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A Javanese opera inspired by an episode in the Sanskrit epic Ramayana. Here, village potters Setio and Siti are happily married until Setio starts to doubt his wife's fidelity and stops sleeping with her, all but driving her into the lustful arms of the macho butcher Ludiro.
