Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts
Mouly Surya

O.V. Indonesian | st English

Outlaws want her — but she’s having none of it. Some will lose their heads, literally. As for the others... A magical, mystical film well on its way to cult status.
A feminist ‘Satay Western’ or the wild ballad of a woman who chooses not to take things lying down. Somewhere between the magic realism of Jodorowsky and the tragicomic absurdity of the Coen brothers, Marlina explodes out of the frame to become a surprisingly poetic fable. One of the major revelations from...