I can't help but feel like the movie is totally incomplete after watching this. Sudiro is doing well in this movie, which seem to have only 3 or 4 actors. The last years, Indonesian movies lack figurants, characters, and though some do well in the cinema, others don't appeal at all to the public like Banyu Biru.
Not the least the name is already confusing, even to Indonesians. Banyu is Javanese for 'blue', and Biru is Bahasa Indonesia for blue'. Banyu is actually the name of the boy, and Biru the name if his sister. Blue is also the color that hurts your eyes in this movie, and at times make you feel like you want to sleep.
Nevertheless, it was refreshing to see something like this movie, no matter how surreal. It has a few moments of humor, but in general it is drama, and the story has hardly enough time to unfold.
My Indonesian friends actually thought it was a bad movie, and to short. I thought it was just OK. But to be honest, as I was as much confused as them.
Not the least the name is already confusing, even to Indonesians. Banyu is Javanese for 'blue', and Biru is Bahasa Indonesia for blue'. Banyu is actually the name of the boy, and Biru the name if his sister. Blue is also the color that hurts your eyes in this movie, and at times make you feel like you want to sleep.
Nevertheless, it was refreshing to see something like this movie, no matter how surreal. It has a few moments of humor, but in general it is drama, and the story has hardly enough time to unfold.
My Indonesian friends actually thought it was a bad movie, and to short. I thought it was just OK. But to be honest, as I was as much confused as them.