9 Naga

Country: Indonesia 2005
Language: Indonesian

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Seen 11 February 2006
What can I say about an Indonesian film that starts with images of water and a girl singing or lamenting about life on the soundtrack. I got hooked from the start. It is a frame by frame kind of film, no languid shots but more harsh reality. This is the real Indonesia. People try to make a living the best way they know how. That is how the three main characters started their vocation as hired killers. Unfortunately a tragic incident involving one of them turn events topsy turvy. This event became the catalyst for a review of the kind of life they had before and where they are leaading to in future. Each scene uses sparse dialogue but each phrase is loaded with undercurrents of the emotional state of the character. Most probably the version I saw is the censored version so some parts seems disjointed but the audience can still get the gist of the storyline. A marvelous acting ensemble made the film above average.