Your husband brings home a second wife. What do you do? Athirah burns it all down — quietly.
In 1950s Makassar, the life of a devoted mother is upended when another woman enters her husband's life.
Acting
Cut Mini's face does what pages of dialogue cannot.
Production
1950s Makassar recreated through texture, not nostalgia.
Direction
Riri Riza lets silences scream.
Director
Riri Riza
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on the memoir of Hasanah's mother, the film sparked debate in Indonesia about polygamy's ongoing legality and the invisibility of 'first wives' in Buginese culture.
Riri Riza deliberately withheld Athirah's interior monologue—forcing audiences to project onto her silence, much like her family did.
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