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With the whole family sick of Chintya, they went on a trip in their car. The setting of a confined car interior forces the family members to talk to each other. From this exchange, the audience got the idea that the family members generally don\u2019t communicate each other\u2019s inner conflicts. We watch them arguing and calling out on each other\u2019s past mistakes. Everyone secretly knew each other\u2019s secrets, but none of them have ever talked about it in person. Just like none of them have talked to Chintya about her actions.<\/p>\n
There is a lacking sense of support due to discussion absence. Everyone excuses each other to avoid confrontation, a form of toxic tolerance derived from the gotong-royong<\/i> ideal. It creates a communication gap between the family members. Which could lead to the makings of a dysfunctional family.<\/p>\n
Chintya <\/i>(2019) portrays a family in a genuine way, with no partiality for any side of the story. It doesn\u2019t demonize women for having an affair and parents are portrayed in a way that doesn\u2019t make them the idealized noble adult figure. Instead, it portrays parental figures as someone who has flaws and insecurities. The antagonist for the film itself becomes a question. One might argue that Chintya is the antagonist. However, Chintya was merely an essential inciting incident that sparks the whole film. Ironically, Chintya was actually the reason why the family managed to strengthen its bond. The film also didn\u2019t patronize the audience on how to deal with family turbulence. Instead, it showed the audience how prolonged tolerance towards someone\u2019s flaws could snowball into a bigger problem that happened because of ignorance and the absence of discourse.<\/p>\n
Even though the film breaks the conventions mentioned above, I feel like this film missed its marks by conforming too much to the formal elements of a boxed genre; drama-comedy. I feel like the constant cutting and sudden cutaways serve as an easy way to transition between scenes and emotional intensities. However, the minor flaws of the film were definitely outshined by the performance and the message it tried to convey.<\/p>\n
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I define a perfect family as a family with problems. A perfect family will validate each member\u2019s complexities and accept them as a whole. Chintya (2019) explores the abstract concept of a perfect family. The film consists of mostly long conversations and arguments between members of a nuclear family. Yet, it doesn\u2019t feel tiresome nor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":7105,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"1","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"top","share_float_style":"share-monocrhome","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"0","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"1","show_popup_post":"1","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"0","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-500","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-500"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":""},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":""},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_review":[],"enable_review":"0","type":"percentage","name":"","summary":"","brand":"","sku":"","good":[{"good_text":""}],"bad":[{"bad_text":""}],"score_override":"","override_value":"","rating":[{"rating_text":"","rating_number":"10"}],"price":[{"shop":"","price":"","link":"","icon":""}],"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"jnews_podcast_option":{"enable_podcast":"0","podcast_duration":"","upload":""},"jnews_podcast_series":null,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[55,146,145,147,124],"jnews-series":[],"class_list":["post-7107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-short-films","tag-english","tag-family","tag-s-express-2021-indonesia","tag-sesarina-puspita","tag-short-films"],"yoast_head":"\n