![]() She finds out from a sympathetic villager, Ratih, that 20 years ago, a rich wayang kulit artist was rumoured to have made a pact with the devil to heal his daughter Rahayu who was born without skin. Dini is lured away by villagers who slit her throat and skin her, mistaking her for Rahayu whose parents owned the house.Īt night, Maya spies village leader Saptadi drowning a skinless newborn infant. They witness funerals taking place daily and observe that many headstones in the cemetery belong to children. Her assailant claims to be from the village of Harjosari and calls Maya by another name, Rahayu.įollowing the inscription on an old photo showing a young Maya with a couple in front of a large house, Maya and Dini travel to the remote Harjosari to look for the house in hopes of selling it for money.Īt Harjosari, the pair encounters cold, suspicious villagers. One night at work, Maya is attacked by a man wielding a golok. Maya and Dini are friends who work as tollbooth collectors. ![]() Īt the 40th Citra Awards, Indonesia's top film honours, the film received a record-breaking 17 nominations and won 6, including Best Picture, a second Best Director for Anwar, and a third supporting actress and ninth overall win for screen veteran Christine Hakim. In November 2020, it was selected as the Indonesian official entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. ![]() The film is an international co-production between Indonesia's Rapi Films and BASE Entertainment with South Korea's CJ Entertainment and the US-based Ivanhoe Pictures. It showed at the Sundance Film Festival on 26 January 2020, and was released in the United States on Shudder on 23 July 2020. Impetigore was released in Indonesia on 17 October 2019. The film starred Tara Basro, Marissa Anita, Christine Hakim, Asmara Abigail, and Ario Bayu. Impetigore ( Indonesian: Perempuan Tanah Jahanam, lit.'Woman of the damned land') is a 2019 Indonesian horror film written and directed by Joko Anwar. ![]()
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