Why "The Watermelon Woman" is Just as Powerful 30 Years Later
This movie will always resonate with queer people, for as long as queer people exist.

Faraz (Audi Marissa). beautiful, veiled, pious, graceful, but why she is pregnant? Amanda (Elyzia Mulachela) catches her having her pregnancy checked in midwifery clinic. Everyone immediately bullied Faraz, because Amanda posted a video of Faraz going into the clinic. Faraz remains silent for all the gossip that hit her. But the longer, the more disturbing. Especially when pregnancy gossip makes parents protest parents. Mrs Jasmin, the principal, does not take Faraz out, as when Amanda's best friend, Kinan, was pregnant. Amanda is getting annoyed, because she feels unfair. She is not allowed by his dad to go out with Randy. She was even sentenced to participate in the Pesantren Kilat. Amanda then finds a new fact: Faraz is married. Amanda grew increasingly tired and exasperated.
This movie will always resonate with queer people, for as long as queer people exist.
If you were to watch it on streaming when you have nothing to do, it’s still probably a giant waste of time, but you could do far worse. Paying $18 for a movie ticket and who knows how much for concessions turns this from an exercise in boredom to an exercise in frustration.
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