Orphaned by a tragedy that took the lives of her parents, Srintil grows up in a poor Indonesian village aspiring to be a sacred dancer.
Cinematography
The ronggeng dance sequences — hypnotic, erotic, spiritually terrifying.
Acting
Prisia Nasution's eyes do three hours of acting in every close-up.
Production
1960s Java recreated with dirt-under-nails authenticity.
Director
Ifa Isfansyah
Prisia Nasution
Srintil
Oka Antara
Rasus
Slamet Rahardjo
Kartareja
Dewi Irawan
Nyai Kartareja
Lukman Sardi
Bakar
Tio Pakusadewo
Sergeant Binsar Harahap
Teuku Rifnu Wikana
Darsun
Happy Salma
Surti
Landung Simatupang
Sakarya
Aji Santosa
Young Rasus
Yayu Unru
Kadir (A Foreman)
Zainal Abidin Domba
Sergeant Pujo
Arswendy Bening Swara
Marsusi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Ahmad Tohari's novel, banned for years in Indonesia for its frank portrayal of the 1965 anti-communist massacres — the film itself faced distribution struggles.
The ronggeng tradition depicted was historically suppressed by both Dutch colonial and New Order regimes for 'immorality,' making Srintil's body a literal battleground of Indonesian identity politics.
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