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The Years of The Voiceless
Marni is illiterate Javanese woman who still practices ancestor worship. Through her offerings she finds her gods and puts forth her hopes. She knows nothing of the God brought in from that faraway land. Rahayu is marni's daughter, part of a new generation shaped by education and an easier life. She is a firm believer in God and in common sense. She stands againts the ancestors, even againts her own mother. To Marni, Rahayu is a soulles being. And to Rahayu, marni is a sinner. Each lives accroding to her own creed, with nothing in common. Then come the sounds of the jackboots, constantly distrupting and destroying souls. they are the ones with the authority, the ones who play with power as they desire. They are the ones who can turn the skies and the fields red, and blood yellow, their guns ready to strike anywhere. Marni and Rahayu, these women from two generations who never understood eacht other, finally find something in their lives that they agree on. Both are victims of those in power. Both fight againts the guns
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