Movies: Farida Sjuman

Legendary directors Wim Umboh and Sjumandjaja, decided to experiment by producing a script being written at the same time of the shooting. Mama is a complex story with two seemingly unrelated narrative threads. The first story revolves around Sanca a...

The colonial court sentenced Tohir harshly on 22 September 1938. The sentence is made harsher because the prosecutor, Hasan, discriminates more on Tohir’s lineage than his crime. But in fact, Tohir commits his crime out of necessity as his wife is pr...

This first Indonesian international award winning film is about a story about a woman with her unhappy life who seeks for something....

The biography of the Indonesian women's emancipatist, R.A. Kartini, based on her letters....

Maria (Suzzanna) goes to prison for murdering her own father. Upon release, she becomes a prostitute and then has a difficult time maintaining a romantic relationship with a young painter once she decides to get out of the business....

The title was taken from a popular Minang folk-song by Gumarang Orchestra, conducted by Asbon. This film was not released....