Review by berthy

This is definitely a woman film. Written, directed, co-produced and starred mostly by women, Pasir Berbisik is one of the most talked about (Indonesian) film of the year 2001. The reviews in Indonesian media so far is quite mixed. While the conservative "Kompas" tends to praise the film, you can hear the contrary from the much younger and hiper "A-plus" magazine. And the viewers comment? Well, I am a film buff and I love this film for it's poetic way of story telling and dream like images. But to my sinetron-watcher friend the film is just confusing; not enough dialogs, too many symbols, and so on. The film itself tells a story of Daya (Indonesia's sweetheart: Dian sastro), a young girl living in the shadow of her over protective mother Berlian (Christine Hakim), until hell (quietly) break loose when her long lost father (Slamet Rahardjo) returns from nowhere.