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Cinta dalam Sepotong Roti

1990 :: Drama ::

(7.5/10)  (2)  

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Synopsis

(title translation: Love in a Slice of Bread)

Mayang, Harris and Topan are good friends since childhood. Mayang, a columnist in a female magazine, has been married to Harris, a professional, while Topan is still single and a photographer. When Mayang and Harris go on a vacation to solve their sexual problem in their marriage, Topan is invited to join them. On the trip, the problems of the three friends unravel. Harris has sexual difficulties because of his past trauma and though Mayang tries to understand and is sympathetic, it doesn’t help. Then Topan still harbours his childhood love for Mayang. Finally, Harris is suspicious towards Mayang and Topan.

Note

The film is a breakthrough for depicting sexual problems in a non-vulgar and candid manner. It also marks Garin Nugroho’s entrance into the mainstream, and ironically also his exit. While the film won awards and made foreign film festivals interested in his career, his next two features – Letter to An Angel and And the Moon Dances – were not allowed for theatrical release in Indonesia. A whole generation did not see his films hence he operated on the fringe and paved the way instead for the Indonesian New Wave in 1999. He was the bridge between the old and the new.

The 35 mm/VHS copy of this title can be accessed from the collection of Sinematek Indonesia.

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