Matula (1941)
- Directed by
- Tan Tjoei Hock
- Country
- Dutch East Indies
How it feels
A young man seeks to become handsome by a shaman, but the payment demanded is a woman's soul. This black-and-white film from 1941 shows his attempt to deliver it.
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What happens
Matula ([maˈtula]) is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia) which was directed by Tan Tjoei Hock and produced by The Teng Chun of Java Industrial Film. The black-and-white film, now likely lost, follows a young man who tries to give a woman's soul to a shaman as payment for being made handsome. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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