Testing Fate
To this day, the murder of Marsinah remains shrouded in mystery. Film director Slamet Rahardjo does not want to accuse anyone in his film account of her story. So, what went into the making of this film based on a true story?
April 23, 2002
THE setting is the Sidoarjo District Court, in the month of May, nine years ago. It is a ferocious afternoon. A mass of people run over the streets and, it seems, are ganging up on a slender, small woman.
"Kiiiilll Mutiari, kiiiilll Mutiari…!"
Security forces form a barricade. "Huuuu…" Mutiari, 26, tries to hide her face behind a red folder. "Who has Marsinah! Who has Marsinah! All of us do…"
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