Synopsis
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
Directed by Kamila Andini
In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.
尤妮的婚途, 유니, 第三次求婚
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Perempuan-perempuan Indonesiaku yang membaca ini… Percayalah aku menuliskan ini dengan derai air mata, dengan cinta, dengan perasaan senasib sepenanggungan, dengan harapan, dan dengan kesedihan. Aku, entah kenapa dan entah di bagian mana sangat terhanyut ke dalam Yuni.
Terima kasih untuk kak Kamila Andini yang mengantarkan hasil dari sentuhan tangannya yang penuh cinta dan teguran ini dalam sebuah karya, Yuni. Yuni adalah kita semua. Yuni adalah perempuan-perempuan di sekitarmu. Yuni adalah anak-anak gadis tetanggamu. Yuni adalah teman-temanmu. Yuni adalah sepupu-sepupu perempuanmu. Yuni ada. Yuni bukan sebuah kisah distopia, bukan sebuah fiksi. Yuni adalah kenyataan. Kepedulian Yuni, cinta kasih Yuni, rasa penasaran Yuni, ketertindasan Yuni mencerminkan kita semua sebagai perempuan yang tinggal di negara di mana tradisi dan agama bersandingan, secara patriarki…
"How do I even know what I want? But that doesn't mean our future is bleak."
— Yuni (Arawinda Kirana)
Ok, where do I begin? Wow, Yuni. A very honest and powerful piece of coming-of-age and women empowerment for every women in the whole world. Not pretentious, down to earth, and made straight from the heart.
Yuni is set in rural Indonesia in which the system as if told us that marriage is like, the number one shortcut for everything. Shortcut for economic problems, ego and pride, or simply for men to do sexual encounter to women but didn't want to break the law -- especially the religious law. When that marriage doesn't work out, the majority that needs to…
Kalau ditanya, lebih suka Yuni yang versi festival atau teatrikal? Jawabannya, dua-duanya.
Di versi teatrikal ini, problematika masyarakat di sekitar Yuni yang patriarki lebih dalam disorot lagi. Pertemuan Yuni dengan salah satu anggota band yang kehilangan suara, sangat membekas di pikiran: “kamu yang kemarin bilang suara adalah aurat? Jangan biarkan orang melarang kamu bersuara, mereka tidak tahu rasanya benar-benar kehilangan suara.” Ada adegan hangat antara Yuni dan ayahnya yang sangat menyentuh hati. Di versi teatrikal ini, kita juga mengenal sosok Suci Cute jauh lebih dalam dan bagaimana Suci hadir sebagai satu-satunya sosok inspirasional yang aman dan nyaman untuk Yuni, preedom abis! Omongan-omongan tetangga Yuni yang rasanya bikin Yuni desperate banget ini juga disorot lebih dalam. Dan ada perubahan ending di…
Film from a woman, about a woman, for a woman.
This film's silent dissent is not only capturing our version of gender constraint and cultural bleak, but also waking us all to remind how reckless our societies are towards adolescent. It's sharp and poignant, tought-provoking yet still giving space for us to hope.
Her reference to metaphorical love poem from late Djoko Damono, Rain in June perfectly carries the nuance of the story goes and genuinely potrays the journey of young girl seeking her place between her liberty, dreams, and her disputes reality. Thank you Kamila Andini for this powerful and important film 💜
Living a life is hard
Living a life as a woman is harder
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Yuni merupakan sebuah paket all-in-one dari kehidupan perempuan di negara Indonesia. Dimana di "Negara Indonesia" sendiri diibaratkan seperti sebuah ladang ranjau bagi kehidupan seorang perempuan. Ketika seorang perempuan sudah menentukan jalan hidupnya, dia bakalan menemukan banyak ranjau yang akan menghambat hidupnya
Kita mulai dari masalah pendidikan yang diangkat di cerita Yuni. Nyatanya, kualitas pendidikan di Indonesia sendiri terhitung jauh dari kata "Bagus". Serba kekurangan dan serba kekacauan, bahkan sistemnya sendiri lebih banyak membawa hal-hal negatif bagi para murid. Yuni yang ingin melanjutkan pendidikannya ke Perguruan Tinggi saja terhambat akan masalah keuangan, prestasi, dan budaya. Pihak sekolahnya saja pesimis untuk mengantarkan murid-murid untuk bisa mendapatkan beasiswa, dimana…
Honestly... wow. Surely the biggest surprise of this year. Saw that Indonesia had submitted this as their entry for the Oscars this year, but I already had my eyes on this before hearing about that news. This made a bit of a splash at TIFF and it really caught my eye, so I had to check it out.
Lots to love in this film. It's a brutally honest look at the life of a teenage girl in Indonesia. Their expectations to uphold what is expected of them by society. Being forced into marriage before they are ready. Like, Yuni is literally still stealing purple shit. You think she's ready for marriage? It's infuriating but eye-opening, and never feels like it…
Thank you to @Feisal for recommending this! This is my first Indonesian film and I’m happy to say that this started off with a bang.
Yuni is quite a moving tale about a young Indonesian woman struggling to fit the impossible standards of a patriarchal society. I must admit that even though I’m a man and I’m certainly not the target audience, it’s hard to see Yuni and think that her world is very real for some, if not a lot of young women. I think it’s quite important for the messages of this movie to be spread as positivity and courage to women like Yuni who also are trapped in this world where they serve to only satisfy the needs of…
“makane ora usah pacar-pacaran. mending makan cilok.”
“women should stay in the kitchen, well, and good in bed…” that was the neighbor's advice to Yuni, a 16-year-old girl who dreams of continuing her education to a higher level. this kind of advice is certainly not new. in Yuni, these discordant voices are processed and shown more closely. like a hard slap, these discordant issues are presented with a simple story that hits so close to home. so relatable and so close to our reach. there are other Yunis out there, women who are judged only by their virginity, women who are judged by material things, women who are opposed to having dreams. where all these things happen before our eyes…
yuni showcases the lives and struggles of women in indonesia; cis, trans, straight and queer, and it’s done so naturally and powerfully. definitely a hidden gem of 2021 and it’s easily top 5 of the year for me. check this out before posting your favorites of the year, trust me
Progress is not linear but continued patriarchal traditions are just so cruel and absurd. A woman is to be suffocated, be limited, be caged, that their wings are clipped to stop them from going anywhere, and stop them from expressing their true selves, and limiting what they can dream of. They’re served with few options, not telling them that their options in life can actually be as wide as the sky. Hays.