Perempuan Berkalung Sorban (2009)

Directed by

Hanung Bramantyo

Genre

drama film, religious film

Country

Indonesia

Runtime

2h 09m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Muslim woman named Anissa lives in a culture where men are considered superior to women in many aspects of life. She questions this and seeks gender equality within her faith and community.

thoughtfulseriousintrospectiveslow-burnmeditativeemotionally intensepoignantsomber

What happens

Perempuan Berkalung Sorban, released internationally as Woman with a Turban, is a 2009 Indonesian religious drama film, written by Gina S. Noer and Hanung Bramantyo and directed by Hanung Bramantyo, and stars Revalina S. Temat, Reza Rahadian, Oka Antara and Widyawati. This film was released on January 15, 2009, and was produced by Starvision Plus. Based on the novel by Abidah El Khalieqy, telling about Anissa, a Muslim woman, always understanding of a situation in her life, men are always positioned higher than women in any aspect of life. Anissa wanted men and women to be equal in gender. Anissa thinks that in Muslim culture, the man is greater than the woman. And the ending, Anissa knows one thing that her wrongs had a special 'chair' in Muslims. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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