Galuh
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| Directed by | Komang Raka |
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Production company | Nairiti Pictures |
| Distributed by | Mandala Film |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Pemecutan |
| Language | Bahasa, Hanacaraka |
Galuh is a Pemecutan LGBT romance drama. The movie storyline is revolved around the main character who is a prominent dancer which taking a role of Galuh in Arja Muani, an all male theater show in Pemecutan. Arja Muani is a modernization of the traditional show of Arja who is widely spread in the 1990's. The film depicted a timeline from 1996 until 2011. Several traditional theater groups thanked the film for their depiction of one of Pemecutanian traditional stage show that have been gradually neglected by the youngsters.
Plot
From his childhood, Damar Anggada is very attracted towards art particularly dance. So after he decided to join a dance group, his family can't say no. He is very talented that the head of the group, Chandra Kinanti, give him the role of Galuh. Galuh is one of the role in Arja, a traditional stage performance in Pemecutan. But for him, the performance is called Arja Muani because of the all men actors who play it. The dance group do a play from town to town which makes Damar become a well known Arja Muani's performer. His natural beauty and grace performance makes everyone fall in love with him. One that surely makes notice is Ki Arsa Jaya. Ki Arsa Jaya is a noblemen from Busung Yeh. The group is frequently being called to perform there so that Ki Arsa Jaya can see Damar's performance as Galuh. He is fall in love deeply with Damar. After several bouquet and love letters, Ki Arsa Jaya finally meet Damar. He bluntly say about his feelings towards Damar. Damar reluctant at first knowing that Ki Arsa Jaya is a known womanizer. But Ki Arsa Jaya is not giving up. He do everything to get Damar attention even he follow the group wherever they are performing. This act touch Damar and he agree to be Ki Arsa Jaya mistress.
Although they are a couple, but their relationship is being hidden from the public eye. Only Chandra Kinanti and the group's performers know about their relationship. Over the time, Nyi Subang, the wife of Ki Arsa Jaya notice the strange behavior of her husband and get suspicious that her husband might have another mistress. She ask her guards to search for information. During the group performance in Majelangu, Damar got a letter from his fan asking to meet him in the restaurant in the town. He is a little bit suspicious about the letter but in the end still go to the said restaurant. Nyi Subang have wait for him there. She confront Damar about her suspicion. Damar try to hide the fact but with pictures as proof, he can't deny it again. Nyi Subang keep her calm although knowing the truth. She just ask politely to Damar to end their relationship. She is also reveal that this is something that Ki Arsa Jaya use to do but it will end up hurting the mistress as they will be abandoned once Ki Arsa Jaya have found a new muse. Nyi Subang wants Damar to realize about that and ask him to reconsider his decision.
Damar think of it hardly. And when he is together with Ki Arsa Jaya, he ask about his previous mistresses and adventures. Ki Arsa Jaya become defensive and left Damar behind. On the next day, their picture went viral. The local newspaper and television channel cover their story. Ki Arsa Jaya barge in Damar's place and confront him about the leak. Damar denied that he has something to do with it but Ki Arsa Jaya refuse to believe it. He then end their relationship and leave Damar. Damar feels sad and devastated. He also can't go to the public as the fans has turn against him. He has been marked as 'the other woman'. Chandra Kinanti come to his place to comfort him. Kinanti is very close to him and Damar have consider her as his mother replacement after his mother death when he was still teenager. Kinanti try to persuade Damar to come back to the group and begin dance again. But Damar reluctant to do so. Kinanti doesn't force too much and ask him to come to the group whenever he's ready. Damar closed his place and live in fear as the anger mob sometimes raid his house. Mark the wall with harsh word and even throw rocks to the house sometimes. Once in a while, Kusuma Wijaya always come to his house. He is ordered by Kinanti to take care of Damar as he is still afraid to comes out of the house. Kusuma feels bad for Damar's condition.
One day Kinanti come to Damar's house. She ask him to come back to the group as his replacement got sick and unable to continue to performed. Damar wants to decline the offer but Kusuma reassured him. He then agreed to do it. His first time come back to the stage got a terrible result. He become stage fright when he step into the stage which makes the other dancers look at him in confused. Kusuma then try to comfort him and luckily Damar is manage to recover. The performance goes well although not his best performance. Over the time, Damar overcome his fright and able to perform greatly as if the case with Ki Arsa Jaya has never happen. He relieve that he has a friend like Kusuma Wijaya who is always there to help him. At this time someone is approaching him. His name is Gading Wedastra, a businessmen who owns several textile store. Their relationship become more and more closer each time. Damar is infatuated with him and he feels like the situation now is better then with Ki Arsa Jaya as Gading is a widower.
Gading then ask Damar to move in with him and he agree immediately. But this is when the thing goes down. Gading begin to control Damar's social life. He can't go anywhere without Gading knowing even to practice in the group. One day, Gading even ask him to stop dancing as he doesn't want any man look at him with lusty eyes. Damar declined his request but he is ended up beating him badly. Damar then makes an exception, he will stop performed but he can still teach them at the group. Gading agree with the condition. Kinanti feels odd with Damar request as she knows that Damar really loved dancing and performed, but she can't argue more. Damar begin his term as a dance teacher in the group and every new dancers are happy to be teach by him. But in the household, things are not getting better. Gading always find an excuse to blame Damar for something. And he is always beating him every time he blame Damar for something. Damar ended up wearing a closed clothes so no one see his wound. But Kusuma and Kinanti realize the oddity. Every time they ask Damar about it, he always tell them that everything is okay. The situation goes bad after Damar unable to come to the group to teach as he is being beaten badly and unable to move. But he just say that he caught a bad flu to Kinanti. After a week of his absence, Kusuma try to visit him but Gading doesn't give him permission to meet Damar. Kinanti and Kusuma then lost contact with Damar as his house phone is unreachable and Gading is always cast them away every time they come to visit. This makes them worry.
Kusuma with the help of the group members then try to infiltrate to Gading's house. He success to knockout Gading and find Damar lay helplessly in his bed. His condition is worse then the last time they met. Kusuma rush to the hospital so Damar can be save. The doctor says that Damar is badly injured and there are several old and new wound in his body. Damar is also malnourished. It seems that he is not eating much. His lower body is also injured because of a forced sex. Kusuma feels devastated after knowing the truth. He placed charges to Gading for what he have done. Kinanti feels relieve that Kusuma is always there to help Damar. Once she ask about Kusuma's feeling towards Damar. He say that they are just friend. Kinanti just smile knowing that Kusuma might hide his own feeling or maybe he is not realize it yet.
With Kusuma and Kinanti care, Damar gained his health and strength gradually. But there's a huge trauma there. Damar is reluctant to be touch by anyone. Every time Kusuma or Kinanti accidentally touched him, he pull himself. Kusuma also sometimes hear Damar crying in his sleep and even screaming loudly in his dream. This makes him feel so sad. Kinanti ask Kusuma to always look after Damar while she is busy with the group. One night, Damar screaming again in one of his bad dream which makes Kusuma who sleep in the coach alerted by it. He rush to the bed and hug him in reflect, try to comfort him. But the hugging give a bad response from Damar as he is punching and screaming more loudly to Kusuma, ask him to release him. At this time Kusuma realize that Gading have repeatedly rape Damar whether in his good or injured condition. Kusuma tear falls down as he hug him tightly. He bear the pain from Damar's punch and struggle in his arms. He just wants Damar to share the pain with him. Damar then fell asleep in exhaustion. Kusuma feels relieve and put him on the bed. Kusuma rush to the bathroom and cry badly as he understand the worst life that Damar face everyday in Gading's house.
The next morning, Kinanti come to visit and she see the change in both of them. She feel happy for it. In the end of her visit she say to Kusuma that she relieve Damar is in good hands now. Kusuma just smile clumsily. At night, Damar wake up screaming from another bad dream. Kusuma rush and hug him dearly. Damar try to release the hug as he still afraid to be touch by anyone. But Kusuma tighten his hug. Damar forcefully try to release the hug. He even scream for it but Kusuma stand still. He then whisper to Damar and say that he won't harmed him and he just wants him to share the pain with him. Damar break into tears. His body tremble. Kusuma hug him again tightly and then kiss him in the forehand. Damar now realize that the man in front of him is in love with him no matter how his condition now. Kusuma whisper that he will take care of Damar until the end of their day. Damar's hands trembled to reach Kusuma and hug him back. Kusuma smile as Damar hugging him, realize that Damar has overcome his trauma.
Cast
- Gede Wirama as Damar Anggada (Galuh)
- Ngurah Agus Anggara as Kusuma Wijaya
- Sandra Lestari as Chandra Kinanti
- Yudha Birawa as Ki Arsa Jaya
- Ayu Ratri as Nyi Subang
- Gede Prama as Gading Wedastra