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Mereka Bilang, Saya Monyet! (released internationally as They Say I'm
a Monkey!) is a 2008 Indonesian film directed by Djenar Maesa Ayu.
Starring Titi Rajo Bintang, Henidar Amroe, and Ray Sahetapi, it tells
the life story of Adjeng, who was sexually abused as a childby her
mother's boyfriend. Filmed over 18 days after several years of
development, the film adapted two of Ayu's short stories from her
debut anthology of the same name. Owing to its low budget of Rp 620
million, its cast and crew were mostly amateurs and students, although
several established actors appeared at reduced rates. Mereka Bilang,
Saya Monyet! has been described as "anti-Sjuman" because of the
disparity between Ayu's more personal directing style and the social
realism of her father, Sjumandjaja. Although commercially
unsuccessful, the film was well received by critics. It won five
national-level awards and was screened at several international film
festivals. Two Indonesian publications, Tempo and The Jakarta Post,
selected it as among the best films of 2008. (Full article...)
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