Memories of My Body
Memories of My Body
Indonesia / 2018 / 105mins / Indonesia / Javanesse / Chinese & English subtitles
Juno is just a child when his father abandons him in their village in central Java. All alone, he joins a Lengger Dance Centre where men take on feminine forms and movements. Juno is forced to move from village to village, driven by the sensuality and sexuality of the dance and the bodies. He is also fleeing from Indonesia’s social and political violence. Even when his dance teachers, a peculiar aunt, an old uncle, a handsomr boxer or a Warok show him attention and love, Juno must still face the looming battlefield of his emerging body alone.
Director
Garin Nugroho