{"id":5734,"date":"2020-11-28T16:15:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-28T09:15:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/uncategorized\/basris-quest-to-find-old-love\/"},"modified":"2020-12-01T22:51:14","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T15:51:14","slug":"basris-quest-to-find-old-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/film-review-en\/basris-quest-to-find-old-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Basri\u2019s Quest to Find Old Love"},"content":{"rendered":"

Aside from introducing a matchmaking forum in Yogyakarta,<\/span> Golek Garwo <\/span><\/i>(Wahyu Utami, 2020) tells the story of one of its participants: Basri. A 62-year-old worker who found his wife through the forum. With <\/span>Golek Garwo<\/span><\/i>, we follow Basri\u2019s quest for romance at his sunset years. <\/span><\/p>\n

Do you agree with the saying, \u201cLife without love is as bland as food without salt\u201d? <\/span><\/p>\n

Some of you might find that unsalted food tastes just fine, while the others find it flat as if it\u2019s missing something. The same goes for Basri in Wahyu Utami\u2019s <\/span>Golek Garwo<\/span><\/i> (2020). The 62-year old bachelor lives by himself, and not seldom has his solitude urged him to find \u2018the one\u2019 to share his life with. <\/span><\/p>\n

Jalaluddin Rumi says that love is the source of all creation; its power surrounds us, penetrates us, and binds all living things. Love is the essence of all lifeforms. So it\u2019s no wonder that Basri looks for love into the <\/span>golek garwo <\/span><\/i>\u2013 a matchmaking forum facilitating those who are still alone and want to find a partner for free.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through <\/span>golek garwo<\/span><\/i>, Basri had successfully won over Musiyem, a 56-year-old widow whose husband died in an accident. The couple decided to join a mass wedding on the Malioboro Road, Yogyakarta. The wedding preparation depicted in the film is fairly straightforward. Participants need only to register themselves by the postmark, attach a letter of their widow\/widower status (if someone has been married before), as well as their introduction and motivation. In addition, <\/span>golek garwo <\/span><\/i>also offers honeymoon packages free of charge.<\/span><\/p>\n

As mentioned before, <\/span>Golek Garwo <\/span><\/i>(2020) starts with Basri\u2019s longing for a wife to accompany him and live together with him. But, after marrying Musiyem, Basri\u2019s desire to live together does not match with reality. Both of them have to make a living to survive in their own villages, which are located quite far from each other. Basri also can\u2019t ride the motorcycle. With this and other unfortunate circumstances in mind, they had decided to live separately and communicate each day through the phone.<\/span><\/p>\n

The 30-minute film points out some concerning issues. It is revealed that Basri and Musiyem have not completed their elementary school. This indicates the inequality in Indonesia\u2019s education system, especially in the couple\u2019s era. Basri also faced social backlash, and his wedding preparations were being made fun of. As we all know, life is never free from social restraints.<\/span><\/p>\n

This film may spark polarizing opinions about the <\/span>Golek Garwo<\/span><\/i>. On the one hand, this forum shows the desperation of its lonely participants. But then again, who wants to admit that they\u2019re lonely without wanting to look pathetic anyway? <\/span>Golek Garwo<\/span><\/i> tries to fill the void of those whose souls are rotten and try to give new hopes in their hearts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The film Golek Garwo<\/em> <\/i>(2020) is a part of the Lanskap<\/a> program at FFD 2020. You can watch Golek Garwo<\/em> <\/i>(2020) for free here.<\/a><\/p>\n


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Written by: Tirza Kanya Bestari<\/span>
<\/span>Translated by: Lintang Jelita Anjani<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Aside from introducing a matchmaking forum in Yogyakarta, Golek Garwo (Wahyu Utami, 2020) tells the story of one of its participants: Basri. A 62-year-old worker who found his wife through the forum. With Golek Garwo, we follow Basri\u2019s quest for romance at his sunset years.  Do you agree with the saying, \u201cLife without love is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":3848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"edition":[65],"class_list":["post-5734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film-review-en","edition-ffd-2020-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5734"},{"taxonomy":"edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ffd.or.id\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/edition?post=5734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}