More than Just a Mimic

"I never wept when you left. Instead, I only did so once you came back.."

January 3, 2017

IN Istirahatlah Kata-kata [Solo, Solitude], these words accompany the only highly emotional tear-filled scene that follows almost two hours with very little dialog. Sipon, the wife of poet-activist Wiji Thukul, played by Marissa Anita, sympathizes with her husband's 'underground' activities, especially once he is declared a fugitive after July 27, 1996. But her patience does eventually run out after she is recipient to a barrage of attacks and all

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