The 1960s in Indonesia were a period of dramatic political change and turmoil, with Suharto’s coup ousting Sukarno and leading to a violent anti-communist purge. Nana, a gentle, beautiful young woman, has been badly affected by the conflict. Her husband was kidnapped and taken into the forest. Although she managed to escape from the gang leader who wanted to force her to marry him, the incident cost her father his life and drove her into poverty. Several years later, she is living comfortably as the second wife of a rich Sundanese man, with a maid to help her adjust to her new environment. But Nana’s past re-emerges in her dreams.
Kamila Andini’s elegant direction effectively adopts her protagonist’s point of view, integrating her trauma into the film’s narration. Played with subtlety by Happy Salma, the secretive Nana seems never quite certain about her husband’s death and her memories are, perhaps for her own good, not always complete. This ambiguity informs the film and, combined with lush cinematography and a deep sense of nostalgia, makes Nana an elegiac wonder. At its heart lies an unexpected female friendship that feels like a crucial lifeline among the sea of adversities caused by men’s brutality.

尤妮是一个印度尼西亚少女，她意识到当她的梦想变大时，她周围的世界就会变小。她即将完成高中学业，有一个远大的梦想，她认为一切都是可能的。然后有一天她被一个她几乎不认识的男人求婚了。她拒绝了这个建议，但第二个建议来了。尤尼仍然相信她的梦想，家人也是。但是这次出了点事。一个神话，关于你不能拒绝两个以上的建议；否则你永远不会结婚。直到有一天，她的老师来到她家，成为向她求婚的第三个人。