Tiga Dara
Usmar Ismail
Indonesia – 1957
Cinematography: Max Tera
Production: Perusahaan Film Nasional (Perfini) Studio
Language: Indonesian
Duration: 116
Color: Black and White
Synopsis: Nunung, Nana and Nenny are sisters who live in Jakarta with their grandmother and widowed father, Sukandar. Concerned that the eldest, Nanung, might be getting too old to marry, the family does everything they can to arrange a match. When the father’s colleagues are invited to hear Nanung sing and play the piano, they are truly impressed. However, the men are all too old, and grandmother insists that Sukandar find a younger man. Nenny, and Nana are also asked to make introductions, but Nanung is distant and disinterested and, in spite of everyone’s good intentions, resents all the fuss. When Toto bumps into Nunung with his scooter, he feels so awful about the accident that he begins visiting her regularly. Nunung initially rejects his advances, and he ends up dating her younger sister. A comedy of errors ensues, in which lovers are mismatched, and sisterly rivalry forces Nunung to take a break from the family and stay with her uncle in Bandung. She sends home a letter that provokes Toto’s jealousy and he travels from Jakarta to Bandung to finally profess his love.