Cinema
The Moon and the Sun
Rembulan dan Matahari
Slamet Rahardjo · 1979
Synopsis
Wong Bagus, a henchman in a Jakarta prostitution district, leaves his partner Paitun to return to the village from which he was driven out in his youth, seven years earlier, for getting a young girl pregnant and breaking the order of the community. Come back to redeem himself, he finds the villagers dealing with extortionists and sets about helping them resist, while Paitun, who has followed him, gradually discovers life in the hamlet.
Context
The first film of its director, who also wrote the screenplay, it was produced by Dharma Putra Jaya Film; the music is by Franki Raden, and the dancer and choreographer Sardono W. Kusuma has a role in it. The story draws its symbols from shadow theatre and mythology, and its title refers to a piece of wisdom: man must live like the two heavenly bodies, each in its place, for the balance of the world. It competed in 1980 at the national festival and at the Three Continents Festival in Nantes.
Who it is for
In Indonesian, with no French edition; shown in Nantes under the title La Lune et le soleil, in colour.
Prizes and reception
Nine nominations at the 1980 Indonesian Film Festival and three Citra trophies, for the two supporting roles and the sets; the director, cited above, won none.