Ningsih,
How much longer will the memory of him
stay in my mind?
Why do I start to forget what he looks like?
Nana!
Let's continue our journey, Nana,
I'm forgetting what he smells like, too,
May peace be upon us,
I wonder why,
Is it a sign
that he's dead?
Nana!
Come on!
We have to be on our way,
Ningsih,,,
Why are we hurrying?
Why take shortcuts?
If we took the main road
we would be followed,
By whom?
The Dutch?
The Japanese?
No,
Those people,
Now hush,
Stop asking questions,
Let's go,
Listen, Nana,,,
Those people
who took your husband,,,
want to take you, too, to the forest,
They said,
you will be married to their leader,
Just like,,,
Dedeh,
Ipah,
Mimin, Imas,
But don't they know
that I already have a husband?
I don't know, Nana,
The thing is,,,
A couple of days ago,,,
they went to our father,
If Father had said no,
he'd have been accused
of not supporting their fight,
Then why did we have to run away?
If they come after me,
what will happen to Father?
If they couldn't find you,,,
they'd take me instead,
That's why Father
told us to go as soon as possible,
- May peace be upon you, - May peace be upon you too,
Looks like you're going to the mosque?
Let's go together,
We're going there, too,
Sure,
Please go ahead,
"Remember,
in this world,,,
we are nothing but puppets,
Our body has no power,
If we take the wrong path,
lust will bring us regret,
Our body will pay the price,"
Nana,
have all the vegetables
been delivered to Jakarta?
Yes,
Just beans and potatoes left from the south field,
They'll be delivered to Semarang this afternoon,
I have to go to the bank today,
You're getting better
at taking care of our plantation,
I learned it all from you,
True,
But you learned fast,
After all,
I'm just a country girl,
You saved me from the run,
It's been 15 years since we got married,
that's quite a long time,
Has it been 15 years?
How time flies!
But,,,
you're still as pretty as ever,
You haven't aged,
Young men are falling all over you,
Nonsense,
Nothing,,,
Can't I give my wife a compliment?
Just a sec,
Could you grab that box on the table?
Open it,
So beautiful!
If you wear that,
you'll look even more beautiful,
Mommy,
You want to help, Dais?
Why is it,,,
that women
have long hair?
Why do they
have to tie their hair up?
Sometimes they even have to wear a bun,
A woman has to be good at keeping secrets,
Whatever happens at their household
is kept behind her bun,
Do you have secrets, Mommy?
What about you, Dais?
I want to have short hair,
Just like men,
So I won't spend forever in the shower,
Excuse me, Ma'am,
Dais, time for your shower,
You'll be late for school,
Come to Mommy,
- This is mine! - Mine!
- That's mine! - Mine!
- This is mine! - It's Dais's!
The red one belongs to Gani,
The white one is Dais',
Hurray!
- No stealing each other's fruits, - We'll see,
I'm watching you!
Ma'am,
Wik, whose is it?
Isn't this yours, Ma'am?
I found it in Mr, Darga's room,
Thank you,
A woman delivered some meat,
She said it was for you,
Who was it?
I don't know,
I've never seen her before,
How do you want to cook it?
Not now,
Just keep it on top of the rice,
Very well, Ma'am,
It's an interview,
It was the first time he spoke out on television,
Reporter Oltmans asked him how communists
could be prevented from striking in Indonesia again,
It all depends on the people of Indonesia
facing an event
supported by the Indonesian Communist Party,
Have you eaten, Dais?
Yes, Daddy fed me,
We have a better harvest this time,
We've paid Acong back for the seeds,
We could use the money
to buy back the plot of land that you sold,
We have meat in the kitchen,
What do you want me to cook?
How about gepuk, Mommy?
Or beef stew, like the usual,
But save that for tomorrow,
I'm going out with Daddy tonight,
There's a hotel opening in Lembang,
Ma'am?
There's a courier waiting outside,
Yes?
My dearest,
when will you come to my house to have lunch?
Someone sent this,
A lunch invitation,
You are invited to her house, too,
It looks like it's from a woman,
Just a moment, dear,
Tell her,,,
I can't make it,
Peace be upon you,
Are you ready, Dais?
Yes,
So pretty,
Andi,
doesn't Dais have a nicer dress?
This is the best one, Ma'am,
How are you?
Where have you been?
I was at Ntin's house,
Keeping her company, poor woman,
Since the divorce she's been losing her mind,
She doesn't know what to do,
Her husband and children
are not taken care of, All she does is work,
No wonder her husband turned to another woman,
Let's go,
Come,
See you, Mommy,
Excuse me,
Where is the butcher?
There, Miss Ino,
No one else?
No, She's the only butcher here,
I understand your concerns,
We need to be careful around the communists,
What do you mean?
You can tell by her appearance,
Thank you,
Ma'am? What are you doing here?
Please dig in,
Your cooking is so good,
Mommy's cooking is the best in the world,
True, So delicious!
I must be like water, adapt to the environment,,,
I've been told,
Sarjan is not a member of the Communist Party,
Someone just gave his name,
Sarjan, a communist?
But he's a good guy,
He's been arrested,
He's taken to the military base,
Haji Asep was the one who reported him,
Komar said, Haji Asep doesn't like Sarjan,
Haji Asep's brother is a military officer,
A lieutenant, no less,
Poor Sarjan,
I still can't believe it,
Icang?
I've forgotten the smell of your hand,
Another bad dream?
Here,
For next week's event,
You're spoiling me too much,
As I should,
I'm going to read,
Mommy!
Dais, you smell,
Where did your earrings go?
Where?
Go take a shower, But I'm not finished with you,
It itches here,
Ma'am, a woman just deliver this for you,
Resik,
quick, give these to that woman,
Peek a boo!
Amah, where's Dais?
She's out with Mr, Darga,
Where did they go?
I don't know,
Mr, Darga didn't say anything,
A window gathers up the night for me,
As on thousands of the other nights,
It squeaks, on the hinges of time,
It brings in splashes of rain, dust,,,
and a square of moonlight
which falls slanting on the desk,
Two lungs give breath to this room,
Each shadow slipping by,
Hurried, on the hinge of time,
Over the way, clouds are hooked on,,,
to the tips of casuarinas,
Providing day, Sun, Sky,
At the time the hands of time, race with the wind,
Whispering drops of evening drizzle,
descending reluctantly,
I press my brow to the glass, And I inscribe,
There slowly your name,
With finger trembling,,,
,,,as drizzle trickles on the pane,
Today at the market
Miss Ino bought these,
Miss Ino?
Yes, Daddy's friend,
Don't you know her, Mommy?
So, you went to her house?
No,
When Daddy went to the office,
Miss Ino looked after me at the market,
She has cows,
so many of them,
Do you like her?
- Is everything done? - Yes, Ma'am,
- The fish? - Yes,
Have you delivered the clothes to the tailor?
Yes,
Make sure every part of the house is clean, Amah,
What is this?
Enough, enough,
Gani, Dais, that's enough!
Oh, dear God!
Amah,
give the kids a bath, then take them to their rooms,
It's Dais who started a fight
with my friend,
- It was Gani's fault, Mommy, - Dais!
Enough!
The gathering is about to start,
You two stay here until it's over,
Don't fight!
Dais!
Someone from a good family,
will give birth to good children,
What are you doing here?
This is your event,
You should be there,
I always stay here
when there's an event at our house,
I belong here,
Someone as pretty as you doesn't belong back here,
Come on,
Thank you,
I have to take care of the plantation today,
Could you look after Dais?
Of course,
What do you want to play today?
Sure, You go first,
Thank you,
Here,,,
I also want to return
something of yours,
Nana,
I'm sorry,
For the good of the people, the nation,
and the country,
I, as President of Indonesia,
appointed by the Provisional Popular Assembly,
and as Commander in Chief of the Indonesian Army,
am handing over with immediate effect
as per Decree No, IX of 1966,
issued by the Provisional Consultative Popular Assembly
of the Republic of Indonesia
the executive power to General Suharto,
So Mr, Sukarno is no longer President?
No,
He's been replaced by
Mr, Sukarto,
Mr, Sukarto?
You mean Mr, Suharto!
Where's Mr, Sukarno now?
Yes?
I,,,
want to deliver this letter to,,,
Mr, Darga is not home,
Where's the letter?
Hand it over,
I'm off then, Ma'am,
My dear, I will wait for you at lunchtime,
Mommy!
Mommy, can Miss Ino sleep here? Please?
Sure,
Come and eat,
I want to have a picnic,
It's been a long time since we did that,
Good idea!
Been a long time, indeed,
All right,
If only every day could be like this,
It feels free,
Free?
I don't know,
I just feel like I can do anything I want,
Be the kind of woman I want to be,
No pressure to be perfect,
Running a business without needing men,
Without being underestimated,
Without being judged,
Free
as we were when the Dutch colonized us?
Come, follow me!
Where to?
Nana!
Jump in, The water's fine!
That's how freedom feels,
Why are Ruby and Gani in different pictures?
Why aren't they in the family picture together?
What?
Nothing,
People just don't normally ask me that,
They just talk about it behind my back,
In the past,
after I married Mr, Darga,
Setia, my child from my first husband,
whom I took with me when I ran away,
passed away,
After getting married,
I had several miscarriages,
A witch doctor told us
that should we want another child,
we would need to give them to someone else
so they could stay alive,
Then Ruby was born,
I took her to my relative in the village,
So was Gani,
I took him to my sister Ningsih
who lives far away with her husband,
As for Dais,
I couldn't stand
being apart from my child anymore,
So we've been raising her ourselves,
That's why,,,
there are no pictures of all of us together,
Ino,,,
You see that plot of land?
My husband reserved that
for both our graves,
He wants both of us to be buried here,
How lovely,
However,,,
I'm scared,
Of what?
I'm scared
that I'll be the cause of his death,
Why would you think that?
The war has taken my father and my son,
Both died because of me,
Because I escaped,
The war made me lose my husband, too,
I don't know what happened to him,
It's been haunting me,
- Ino? - Yes?
Why is it that guilt always follows women?
Setia,,,
Rubi,,,
Gani,,,
Dais,,,
Dadang,,,
Help me, Na,
What was it?
What kind of dream?
It wasn't clear,
Like a ghost or something,
Nana, where's your husband?
Why isn't he home at this hour?
He's out, I don't know where exactly,
Is he out like this often?
Well, that's how it is,
That's why you have to be good
at taking care of yourself,
And your husband,
So that he likes being home,
He's out working,
So, no need to talk nonsense,
Thank you, Ino, Please watch over my children,
I have a lot to do today,
It's just a hairpin,
No need to be afraid of it,
Nana?
Where have you been all this time?
I am sorry, Nana,
I thought,,,
I prayed every night,,,
But still no news,
I thought you,,,
I,,,
I'm too late, Nana,
I know that you have remarried,
I don't want to bother you,
Since you're happy now,
Our son,
Setia,
how is he?
Setia,,,
passed away,
Why have we become like this?
What's wrong, Mommy?
Nothing,
I just don't understand,,,
why,,,
I didn't dream last night,
I had a dream last night,
I dreamed of sweet mung bean cookies,
You've grown more beautiful,
You look younger,
While me,,,
I'm getting old,
Have you fallen for another man?
No,
I've never had feelings for another man,
If someone falls for you,,,
and feel the same,
marry him,
As long as he's a good man,
One that can make you happier,
Have you fallen out of love with me?
It's not that,
I just
want you to be happy,
I know myself,
I have,,,
hurt you too many times,
But,,,
I'm happy with you now,
Ino, what do you think I should do?
Nothing,
What you do is no different
from what your husband does to you,
But I feel guilty
for keeping this from him,
That aside, this has been haunting you
for years,
You can't lie to yourself forever, right?
Why have we become like this?
Nana,
The heart cannot lie,
Darga,
I'm sorry,
It's all right,
If this can make you happy,,,
How are you, Sir?
I'm fine, all thanks to God,
Please come in,
Oh, I see,
So Nana is willing to be back to her ex-husband?
Where has he been all this time?
Now that you're old,,,
and Nana had a comfortable life,
this man came,
So Nana has been cheating on you?
With her ex-husband?
But she is still your wife!
Leaving like that, after the fun is over,
You must do something,
What if Nana was just after your money,,,
- ,,,from the start? - Enough,
So there it is,
You're free to choose,
Whether you're staying with your father
or your mother,
If you want to live with Uncle Agah, you can,
It's up to you,
But,,,
because Dadang's still little,
he'll be with Mommy,
Ruby, whom do you choose?
I want to be with,,,
Uncle Agah,
How about you, Gani?
I,,,
just want to stay here with Daddy,
And Dais,
what about you?
Dais?
I,,,
What's your decision, Dais?
I want to be,,,
with Uncle Agah,
It's better to be honest from the start,
To avoid pain in the end,
It's better to separate,
So it won't burden our mind,
Even though it's hard,
My love will persist,
It's not my intention to end our love,
It's the writing on the wall,
Ino, why is it like this?
I can't do it, Ino,
I can't,,,
It's too hard,
1,,, 2,,, 3!
Ma'am,
This is for Mr, Darga,
Please send him my regards,
and my thanks for everything,
Very well,
Come here,
Mommy?
Dais?
Where are you going?
You wear your hair down now,
Because I don't have secrets anymore,
Dais,,,
what are you doing here?
I'm taking this,
Something I left behind,
Soil from our house,
There are many memories
of you and our family there,
I want to keep it,
Mommy,,,
Why did you leave?
For our mothers and ancestors in the land of Sunda,