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+ Introduction and Q&A with Director Garin Nugroho

Dir. Garin Nugroho | Indonesia | 2024 | 80 mins | 18

[UK Premiere]

Sunday October 26, 17:00
ODEON Luxe Leicester Square Buy tickets →

Bali, circa 1932. Since childhood, Sinta and Darta were close, though they came from two opposite classes. Sinta was born in a wealthy family of a noble Balinese father and American mother, while Darta is a child from a poor bamboo craftsman family who is poor. They came across because since a kid Darta works in Sinta’s family household as an offering maker.

In their 20’s, their friendship becomes intimate and they fall in love with each other. However, after Darta tries to propose to Sinta and gets rejected by her parents, Darta wanders aimlessly while Sinta falls into deep sadness of losing. In his aimless journey, Darta finds a shaman who tells him about a sacrificial Monkey King ritual which could grant him fortune in exchange for sacrificing his future child to the Monkey King.