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Today I'll show you a thriller film: "Marlina, the Murderer in Four Acts"
Spoiler ahead, watch out and take care
In the first act, The Robbery; a man is riding a motorbike to Marlina's house,
which is located in the middle of nowhere
Marlina is a beautiful widow who lives alone
Her husband died not long ago, leaving her with a large amount of debt
She later has her husband mummified, and has him in the living room
Outside her house is her son's tomb
The man who is riding a motorbike, is her husband's creditor Markus
He is here to demand payment of the debt
He is going to take all of Marlina's livestock
After his arrival, Marlina opens the door for him
Markus enters the house, picks ups, and begins to play a jungga, which is a musical instrument
He also demands dinner
Marlina doesn't say anything about that
She prepares everything Markus asks for, and serves him well
Markus tells Marlina while drinking, that although she is a widow,
she is lucky that other nasty men still want her
He has been keeping a horny eye on her for a long time
He tells her that his friends are coming tonight to join him in humiliating her
It will be a great reward and honor for her,
because tonight, she is going to be the happiest and satisfied woman in the world
There will be seven men with good hormone builts coming for her
Markus expresses his nasty desire shamelessly
He also requires Marlina to cook chicken soup for them
She needs to prepare a big meal for tonight before the hormone feast
Marlina pretends to agree to cook dinner
She walks into the kitchen, and closes the curtain,
thinking about how to kill these nasty men later
When night falls, the other six men arrive as expected
Two men take all of Marlina's livestock away
The rest of them stay in the house, and drink alcohol
Marlina is cooking chicken soup in the kitchen
She is ready to kill them
Markus gets impatient
He goes to the bedroom to wait for Marlina
Marlina walks out of the kitchen to get her weapon
All the men are attracted by her beauty, when she walks through the living room
She greets them and enters the bedroom
Marlina sits down in front of the mirror, pretending to put her make-up on;
while Markus is sitting on the bed, admiring her beauty
He doesn't notice that Marlina stores a small bag that contains poisonous fruits in her bosom
Martina returns to the kitchen, crushes the fruits, and cooks them in the soup
A young man named Franz suddenly enters the kitchen
Marlina calmly stomps the rest of the fruits into the dirt on the floor without being noticed
He wants to try the chicken soup
Marlina begins to feel nervous
She worries that if he drinks and the poison kicks in, her plan will be ruined
As she is thinking about what to do, an elder man enters the kitchen
He shouts at Franz for daring to have food before the elders
The elder man kicks him out of the kitchen to work, and asks him to come tomorrow
Marlina feels relieved that she can continue her plan
She brings the food to the men, and serves them well, in food but not hormones yet
However, those four men have no idea that death is approaching
They are eating and chatting, enjoying the dinner, especially the chicken soup
Marlina turns her back to them, sitting and waiting for the poison to kick in
Soon the poison goes into their blood; and they die quickly
After that, Marlina turns to the bedroom with a determined look
There is only one enemy left
She enters the bedroom with the food
Then she sits on the bed, and asks Markus to get up and have dinner
Markus grabs her arm, and knocks over the food
He doesn't want to eat now
He is only interested in the woman sitting in front of him
He orders Marlina to sit on the bed, and take off her clothes
Marlina is hesitating
Her plan is interrupted; and she can't fight him
She just sits there, not moving
Markus can't wait
He pushes her over, and is going to assault her
During the hormone game, Marlina quietly grabs the long blade beside the bed,
and beheads him when he is about to reach orgasm
Marline feels so relieved when they are all dead
She naively thinks the law will be on her side; so she goes to the police
In the second act, The Journey; Marlina is waiting for the bus to the police station,
which is far away, carrying Markus's head and the long-bladed weapon with her
She meets her neighbor Novi, who is pregnant
Marlina doesn't want to talk to her
But when Novi approaches her, she still tells Novi where she is going
Novi doesn't seem scared, when she sees Markus's head
Seeing Marlina speaking to her, Novi starts to talk about herself
She tells Marlina that the due date has passed
She decides to look for her husband
She doesn't want her husband to miss the baby's birth
Marlina can't go anywhere, but stand there and listen to her
Novi complains to Marlina that her husband doesn't think about her,
and asks Marlina if she can understand how she feels
Marlina doesn't want to answer her
Marlina's husband died, when she was eight months pregnant
Novi realizes she said something that she shouldn't have, so she stops talking
They wait for the bus silently
A bus comes finally
The passengers are scared, and run out of the bus when they see the head in Marlina's hand
The driver doesn't allow her to get on the bus
Marlina puts the knife on the driver's neck without saying a word, and gets on the bus
During the journey, they are all silent
Before Novi asks Marlina what happened, an old lady stops the bus, and would like to hitch a ride
The driver asks the old lady not to get on the bus; but she won't listen
She has been waiting for a long time; and also, she is in a rush to attend a wedding,
and give the horses to the bride as a wedding gift
The old lady suggests Marlina put the weapon away
It must be tiring holding it for the whole journey
What's more, the driver can't escape anyway
Marlina thinks it makes sense
So she puts it away, and joins the passengers in the back seats
The old lady's nephew is curious about the head
Marlina tells him the head belongs to a criminal
It is a long journey
The old lady and Novi are chatting all the way, while Marlina remains silent
While she is on her way to the police station, the two robbers,
who took her livestock away, return to her house
They find their partners are dead
Franz throws up, after seeing the horrific scene inside the house
After he calms down, they leave on a motorbike
Now they are searching for Marlina and Markus' head
On the other side, the bus stops
The passengers get off the bus to relieve themselves
Novi keeps talking about herself
Marlina just listens quietly
In a trance, she sees Maukus headless body is playing the jungga in front of her
Marlina stares at it for a while, then leaves with the head
Novi stops her, and asks what happened
Marilna tells Novi what happened briefly
Novi suggests she confess in the church, because she doesn't believe the police will help her
The police may think she is guilty, even if she did that out of self-defense
However, Marlina doesn't think she did anything wrong
She doesn't want to confess
Novi invites Marlina to meet her husband
While they are talking, the two robbers find the bus
They hijack the old lady
Marlina and Novi stay hidden
Novi asks Marlina to stay put, and goes up to give Franz the wrong directions
The robbers hijack the bus and the passengers, leaving a horse behind
Marlina doesn't come out of hiding until they've gone
Later, without any choice, she decides to ride the horse to the police station
In the third act, The Confession;
Marlina keeps having the vision of Markus's headless body following her along the way,
but she is not scared
She stands at the door of the police station with the head in her hand,
which is now in a wooden box, rather than wrapped in cloth
A little girl invites Marlina to have a meal in the shop close by
After a long journey, she is hungry now
She rejects the chicken soup the little girl recommends, and orders some skewers
During the chat, Marlina learns that the little girl has the same name as her son
After dinner, Marlina looks at the police station, and thinks about Novi's words
She hands the box to the little girl, asking her to keep it and not to open it;
then she goes to the police station alone
The police officers are playing table tennis at that time,
ignoring the people who are waiting to make a report
Marlina waits for a long time, before a police officer turns to her
The officer receives her indifferently, asking her some irrelevant questions
She can tell the officer is not interested in her case at all, and feels a bit upset
It takes two or three days before they can investigate at the scene
They can't test her, until the rape test equipment arrives in a month
If she wants to do the test now, she has to go to the hospital by herself
As for the two robbers, they don't care if they will get revenge on her or not
Marlina is completely disappointed to hear that
She leaves the police station, and asks the little girl to give the box back
Marlina can't help crying, thinking about the police's inaction and her suffering
The little girl puts her arms around her, trying to comfort her
Marlina feels better with the little girl's company
The next morning, Marlina puts the head into a sack
She gives the sleeping girl a kiss, and leaves
While Marlina takes a break on the road, she gives Novi a call
In the fourth act, The Birth; before Marlina calls Novi, the two robbers kill the bus driver,
and bury the body by the side of the road
Just then, Novi's phone rings
Franz asks her to pick it up
The call is from Novi's husband
Scared, Novi cries to her husband
Franz grabs her phone, and lies to her husband that she cheats on him
Novi tries to get her phone back; but she can't
The old lady's nephew decides to fight back
He kicks Franz to the ground, and takes his chance to escape with the old lady and Novi on the bus
Franz and his partner chase after them
The bus stops outside a house
Novi borrows their phone to call her husband
She is shocked that her husband believes what Franz said, and shouts at her
Novi feels like she needs to explain it to her husband in person
The old lady's nephew drives her there as a favor
Novi tells her husband about Marlina; but he doesn't believe her at all
Novi's husband is angry with her
He slaps her in the face, and pushes her over
Novi still tries to get her husband's forgiveness
While they are arguing, Franz is watching them from higher ground, smoking
Novi's husband leaves her in anger
Franz approaches Novi after her husband left
Novi attempts to attack Franz; but she is no match to Franz
Just then, Novi's phone rings
It's from Marlina
Franz asks Novi to pick it up, and convinces Marlina to go home
Franz wants to wait for her at her house
Novi does what she is told
But she is too scared to say anything
Franz grabs her phone, and asks Marlina to bring Markus's head back
Franz hangs up the phone, and takes Novi to Marlina's house
As soon as they arrive, Novi's water breaks
But she doesn't care
She stays outside of the house and gets Marlina's laundry, until Franz asks her to come in
Novi goes to the kitchen, where she finds the poisonous fruits Marlina left on the floor
And then she takes a knife from the room, where all the dead bodies are
She wants to kill Franz
But she hesitates, when she sees Franz is crying over the dead bodies
Novi puts the knife away, and goes back to the kitchen
It's getting dark
Franz takes Markus' body out from the bedroom
He sits beside Novi, and waits for Marlina to come home
They wait for a whole day
Finally, Marlina is back
She is wearing the same clothes as Novi
Marlina watches Franz putting Markus' head on the body
She wants to leave with Novi
But Franz won't allow them
He asks Novi to cook chicken soup, while Marlina has to stay by his side
While Novi is in the kitchen, Franz humiliates Marlina with hormones
Novi can't bear hearing Marlina's cry
So she takes the knife, bursts the door open, and hacks at his head until he is dead
Novi saves Marlina, and falls to the ground
She is going into labor
Marlina helps her to sit up, and deliver the baby
These two poor women hug each other in tears,
cheering for the new life in a room where a murder took place
As the sun is rising, a new day is dawning
Marlina and Novi pack their belongings, and leave together on a motorbike for a new future
This movie tells the story of how a woman seeking vengeance gets her revenge
but in a calm, calculated way
through the four acts
each shows the process of women awakening from oppression to forming a resistance against it,
and the theme of female liberation
the opening scene shows a male antagonist riding a motorbike,
while the end scene replaced by two female protagonists
The opening and closing scenes echo one another
It is a transformation from desperation to hope
All of the women in the film show great perseverance
The old lady, the pregnant Novi, and suffering but calm Marlina,
all of them are strong female characters
It indicates that women are awakening and they no longer require patriarchy in that specific society
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