{"id":10443,"date":"2019-09-17T08:32:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T06:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.nihrff.de\/6048-revision-v1\/"},"modified":"2024-06-26T16:06:40","modified_gmt":"2024-06-26T14:06:40","slug":"films-2019-memories-of-my-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nihrff.de\/en\/films-2019-memories-of-my-body\/","title":{"rendered":"Memories of My Body"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Memories of My Body<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Kucumbu Tubuh Indahku<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

DIRECTOR(S): <\/strong>Garin Nugroho\u00a0\u00a0 COUNTRY: <\/strong>Indonesia\u00a0\u00a0 YEAR: <\/strong>2019\u00a0\u00a0 LANGUAGE(S): <\/strong>Indonesian, Javanese\u00a0\u00a0 SUBTITLES: <\/strong>English\u00a0\u00a0 RUNNING TIME: <\/strong>106 min<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECTION: <\/strong>International Forum 2019<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

SCREENINGS <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 03.10., 2.15 pm, kommkino
Friday, 04.10., 6.30 pm, Caritas-Pirckheimer-Haus<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Juno is just a child when his father abandons him in their village of Center Java. Alone now, he joins a Lengger dance center where men shape their feminine appearance and movement. But the sensuality and sexuality that come from dance and bodies, mixed with the violent social and political Indonesian environment, force Juno to move from village to village. Even if on this journey Juno receives attention and love from his dance teachers, his weird aunty, his old uncle, a handsome boxer and a Warok, he still has to face by himself the battlefield that his body is becoming. In its home country of Indonesia, MEMORIES OF MY BODY was banned from Cinemas due to its gay content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director\u2019s Statement
<\/strong>A film is a personal statement or expression of anxiety about the surrounding personal and socio-political issues. The joy of making a movie comes when it succeeds to deliver such messages. I have made 18 films containing various themes; from early 19th century as a backdrop to the present Indonesia; from Islamic radicalism, economic liberalism, to the country\u2019s communist pogrom; all condensed in little stories from various islands in Indonesia. This time, I am very interested in the issue of masculinity and femininity merged in a person\u2019s body. Having a body that is both masculine and feminine has been a very sensitive issue in Indonesia, the country with the largest Muslim population in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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