2011 · drama
The Mirror Never Lies
Directed by Kamila Andini1h 40m2011
A small island is inhabited by members of the Bajo tribe, a nomadic fishing community of the Wakatobi Islands. After her father is lost at sea, twelve-year-old Pakis keeps treasuring the mirror he gave her, hoping that (according to Bajo belief) he will return and appear reflected in it. Then a young man comes into her life, threatening conflict between Pakis and her mother.
Our read: The Mirror Never Lies (2011) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, measured, gentle drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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