Berbagi Suami (Love for Share)
Berbagi Suami (Love for Share)
Three interrelated stories about women who are force to be compliant when their husband married another woman.
Set in Jakarta. Addresses the controversial practice of polygamy and its malcontents by interweaving the stories of three very different women. Salma, a gynecologist, is married to a successful television host who takes a second, and then a third wife. Initially crushed by this discovery, Salma decides to accept her lot as a good Muslim wife, but when her husband falls ill, she is forced to confront his other wives and the absurd reality of her situation. Siti, a small-town girl, understands too late the real intentions of her uncle, who brought her to Jakarta with the promise of putting her through beauty school. An unexpected and intimate bond with one of her uncle’s two wives, however, emboldens her to pursue her freedom. Unaware of one another’s stories, these three women cross paths as they contend with the trials and injustices of polygamy.
(Nia Dinata / Indonesia / 2006 / Fiction / 127 min)
Love for Share (Indonesian: Berbagi Suami) is a 2006 Indonesian film directed by Nia Dinata. It tells three interrelated stories. It was submitted to the 79th Academy Awards as Indonesia’s official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated. The film received Golden Orchid Award as Best Foreign Language Film at the Hawaii Film Festival in 2007.
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