Pasir Berbisik

2001

Indonesian

7.3

♡ 4

mother daughter relationship

traumatic past

woman director

Nan Triveni Achnas Director

Slamet Rahardjo as Agus

Christine Hakim as Berlian

Dian Sastrowardoyo as Daya

Didi Petet as Suwito

Berlian and her teenage daughter Daya are on the run from political violence. Constantly daydreaming that her absent father will return, young Daya chafes under the stern hand of her mother. Forced to move inland from their seaside home to a desert of constantly shifting sands, the pair settle down to their familiar antagonism. Finally, Daya sees a vaguely familiar face shuffle in from across the wasteland.