2005 · drama · biography · political
Gie
Directed by Riri Riza2h 20m2005
Indonesian activist Soe Hok Gie experiences a political awakening during the tumultuous regimes of Soeharto and Soekarno.
Our read: Gie (2005) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · biography · political entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / biography, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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- intense
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