if you were to believe the popular press – at least in the UK and US – you’d imagine that trans women couldn’t go anywhere or do anything without some sort of scandal following them. In real life, as Ismael Basbeth’s gentle drama shows, people generally try to empathise with each other and figure things out – just as they do when dealing with unrequited love, or bereavement, or any of life’s other challenges. This sensitively observed film, screening as part of Queer East, finds beauty and understanding and small moments of joy in even the most difficult situations.
Many years after leaving to build a life for herself in the city, Sara (Asha Smara Darra) returns to her remote Indonesian village, a place only accessible by boat. Her father has died and, although it subsequently emerges that they were estranged, she wants to do right by him and by.
Many years after leaving to build a life for herself in the city, Sara (Asha Smara Darra) returns to her remote Indonesian village, a place only accessible by boat. Her father has died and, although it subsequently emerges that they were estranged, she wants to do right by him and by.
- 4/17/2024
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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