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WOW! - Opera Jawa 
Garin Nugroho, Indonesia/Austria/Netherlands/Sweden/UK 2006, 120 mins
Tremendously beautiful Javanese opera that retells a Sanskrit Ramayana epic, this is the tale of a faithful wife (and former dancer) tempted by the passion of a local bigwig butcher when her potter husband falls on hard times. Set in contemporary Indonesia to the sound of the gamelon, with a chorus of athletic dancers, traditional Javanese shadow puppets, colourful costumes, sculptures, props and masks, this film full of arresting images is much more than a modernist version of a traditional text, but something very unusual for those with the patience for it.
"No film has looked or sounded like this before" Tony Rayns, Sight & Sound
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Opera brydferth drosben o Jafa sy'n ailadrodd yr epig Sanskrit Ramayana. Wedi'i gosod yn yr Indonesia gyfoes gyda swn y gamelon yn y cefndir, gyda chorws o ddawnswyr athletaidd, pypedau cysgod traddodiadol o Jafa, gwisgoedd lliwgar, cerfluniau, celfi a masgiau.