Legong: Dance of the Virgins – Beautiful, Strange, and Very Old
Is this for you?
If you like movies that feel like a dusty window into a world that doesn't exist anymore, watch this. If you need a fast-moving plot or modern acting, stay far away. You will probably find it boring. I found it kind of hypnotic.
This movie isn't really a movie in the way we think of them. It's more li...
Set in Bali, this 1935 oddity follows a young woman caught in a love triangle involving a local musician and her own sister. It is less of a traditional narrative and more of a snapshot of Balinese life, dance, and ritual captured on early Technicolor.
Synopsis
In Bali, a young woman falls in love with a musician, but he may have eyes for her half-sister.
Review Excerpt
"Is this for you?
If you like movies that feel like a dusty window into a world that doesn't exist anymore, watch this. If you need a fast-moving plot or modern acting, stay far away. You will probably find it boring. I found it kind of hypnotic.
This movie isn't really a movie in the way we think of them. It's more like a living postcard from 1935 Bali. There is a story about sisters and a guy with a flute, sure. But the real point seems to be the dance itself.
The Legong dance scenes are wild..."
