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Breathing in Mud

1970 :: Drama ::

Synopsis

(title translation: Breathing in Mud)

Supinah, who changes her name to Yanti, leaves her child in her hometown while she goes off to look for her husband in Jakarta. Her hopes are shattered when she finds her husband married again to another woman. He tells her to go away when she meets him. Alone in the city, she falls into a prostitution network. She then meets Budiman, a rich guy who has to bring a date to a party to win a bet he has with his friends. Meeting Budiman changes her life but with pressure from her pimp and disapproval from Budiman’s parents, Yanti decides to go back to her hometown. Budiman goes after her to propose marriage but she dies.

Note

The original story Berenang dalam Lumpur (Swimming in Mud), was a series published in Varia magazine. Produced jointly with Prospex Trading Co. Hongkong, this was the first Indonesian movie to showcase sex and vulgar language and became a big box office hit and talked-about movie. It was once banned by the Bandung authority. The success made the producer/director decide to make it into a trilogy.

The VHS copy of this title can be accessed from the collection of Sinematek Indonesia.

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