Tale of the Land

• Loeloe Hendra
• 98 min
• Indonesia, Philippines, Taiwan, Qatar
• 2024
• Fiction

Her love for the land she has lost forces a young, traumatized woman to live on the water in a visually stunning, acclaimed modern dark fairy tale from Borneo.

May has lost everything. Long ago, she and her family were driven off their farmland by mining companies, and she now lives on a shabby houseboat with her rescuer. Traumatised, she faints the moment her foot touches solid ground. But although it has become a place that symbolizes great danger for her, she longs for her old surroundings. And when a group of young men arrive in their boats to visit her, the intensity of her longing increases. Debutant and award-winning Loeloe Hendra creates a fantastic setting where dancing water buffaloes perform a beautiful ballet, in her portrayal of a young woman’s necessary liberation from her trauma.



- Freddy Olsson

• Thriller
• Miljö
• Landsbygd
• Natur
• Samhälle