Tourism on the Indonesian island of Sawai is bound to increase after this enchanting, sensual small feature film known as “Someone’s Wife on a Boat of Someone’s Husband. Starring Indonesian actors and model Nicholas Saputra and Mariana Renata, this film is a fairy tale based on a story of “Cinta Diatas Perahu Cadik” written by Seno Gumira Ajidarma. But the film itself is paradise on earth (visually) while the story offers a young woman who seeks the truth behind a legend she heard from her grandmother. Available in semi-feature, a new presentation format that foregrounds the mid-length film.
Legends abound on the Indonesian island of Sawai, but when a young woman arrives to find out more about a story her grandmother told her, no one knows a thing about Halimah who ran away from her husband to have an affair with the sailor Sukab. She does meet a young traveller called Sukab though. In this modest romance, almost documentary shots of village life are combined with the captivating beauty of jungle and sea. With a small walk-on for a squid. Directed by Edwin whose previously known for his film debut Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly that was awarded the FIPRESCI prize. For more information about this film, feel free to visit this site.