2016 · drama · biography
Athirah
Directed by Riri Riza1h 40m2016
In 1950s Makassar, the life of a devoted mother is upended when another woman enters her husband's life.
Our read: Athirah (2016) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded drama · biography entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
Watching Athirah tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
?
Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
More info & search links
How Athirah feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a strong Indonesian mother story amid polygamy and family change.”
Skip it tonight — You want light entertainment or avoid marital and cultural tensions.
Eight films that feel like this one.
Closest in the twelve-axis space, not “people also liked”. All films like Athirah, with why →
Discussion
Make it a movie night.
Pick a mood, get a film the whole couch will enjoy, and give everyone something to watch for.
Pick tonight's film →