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Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night

Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night

Representation Score

2.9/10

Limited

2023

TV-MA

Director

Guntur Soeharjanto

Runtime

132 minutes

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Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night operates as a culturally specific genre piece that prioritizes traditional horror clichés. The narrative structure follows a cycle of vengeance and maternal loss driven by dark sorcery. The film reinforces regional folklore rather than challenging contemporary social or political structures. The core conflict aligns with classical tragic archetypes, such as a woman resurrected by a curse to find her child. While the film provides Southeast Asian cultural specificity, it lacks evidence of progressive narrative restructuring or the subversion of traditional social hierarchies.

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Category Breakdown

Does Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night have LGBTQ+ representation?

Minimal

The film focuses on a heterosexual storyline centered around a woman searching for her newborn. There is no representation of LGBTQ+ identities or narratives that question the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.

How does Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night portray gender?

Fair

The story emphasizes the role of women through the lens of a wrathful spirit. However, the protagonist's journey remains tied to traditional stereotypes of motherhood and being a victim due to shamanic interference.

How racially and ethnically diverse is Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night?

Fair

As an Indonesian production, the film centers on Southeast Asian identities and cultural aesthetics. The specific inclusion of diverse ethnic subgroups within the cast remains unverified.

How does Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night represent religion and culture?

Fair

The film engages heavily with local spiritualism and shamanism. It leans into traditional supernatural hierarchies and folkloric morality rather than challenging institutional power or secularism.

Does Suzzanna: Kliwon Friday Night include disability representation?

Minimal

There is no information available regarding the portrayal of neurodivergence, physical disabilities, or mental health conditions within the film's context.

Present on Screen

  • Provides strong Southeast Asian cultural specificity through local spiritualism and shamanism.
  • Centers on women's ability to drive the story via a protagonist who drives the plot through her resurrection.

Limited or Absent

  • Relies on traditional stereotypes of motherhood and victimhood rather than challenging gender hierarchies.
  • Lacks representation of LGBTQ+ identities or narratives that question the assumption that everyone is straight or cisgender.
  • Does not provide evidence of diverse ethnic subgroups or multi-layered depth.

Official Synopsis

After a shaman casts a curse on her, a woman is killed by dark sorcery and resurrected as a wrathful spirit who seeks to reunite with her newborn baby.

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