Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts

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A very slow paced feminist “western” set deep in rural Indonesia, the story concerns a widow who takes revenge on a group of men who take over her home and assault her.  The focus is on the widow as she travels the countryside with the decapitated head of one of her assailants, the goal being to bring the men (who remain alive) to justice.  Something different indeed for a Toronto-based movie viewer, but the story dragged too much for me. Very much a film festival type of film. (Subtitles.)