Indonesia,
2022, 103 min
Directed by:
Kamila AndiniScreenplay:
Kamila AndiniCinematography:
Batara GoemparComposer:
Ricky LionardiCast:
Happy Salma, Laura Basuki, Arswendy Bening Swara, Ibnu Jamil, Arawinda Kirana, Rieke Diah Pitaloka, Chempa PuteriPlots(1)
Before Now and Then follows Nana, the beautiful wife of a wealthy plantation owner whose inner life remains with her deceased first husband, murdered in the civil war a decade prior. A survivor, Nana values her safety and material comforts, but carries out a haunted existence, dreaming of her lost love. Forced to confront her husband's blatant infidelity, Nana makes an unusual connection with his younger mistress, Ino. The two women, sharing their secrets and desires, discover a newfound freedom and intimacy withheld from them both by the strictures of patriarchal society. (Film Movement)
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