Mother Dao, the Turtlelike
1995 · 90 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 185 VOTES · DIR. Vincent Monnikendam
Overview
In a span of ninety minutes the film aims to show how the Netherlands administered its colony as a colonial enterprise and what the relations were like at the time. The usual commentary has been omitted and in its place poems and songs in Bahasa Indonesia have been included in a digital sound composition. In Mother Dao the Turtlelike, the viewer sees how the colonial machinery in the 1920s was implanted in a world so different from Western Europe.
Dialogue Timeline — 131 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:53 When this Earth hadn’t come to exist
00:02:13 It turned into the universe upon her sight
00:02:37 when the harvesting season ended, she gave birth
00:12:09 touch him
00:20:41 baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit
00:21:35 Terrifying crows
00:22:03 is tears of deceit
00:22:29 we kneel down
00:22:47 millions of crows like black clouds
00:36:41 I’m a poet, on the verge of losing languages
00:48:40 they were also sad, if they could
00:49:54 Large birds are swinging
00:50:14 they are lifted gracefully like a festivity on a hunchback
00:50:38 the victim of the difficult times
01:02:22 for standing through the tests
01:07:05 it’s different for the strong who enjoy favor of the highest
01:11:07 or if he is rich in stories
01:21:58 all of them who are resting forever
01:22:19 once again
01:23:17 she went and turned into the Earth
01:23:36 grew limitless like dust and sand grains
01:25:30 the universe is made of words
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed131
Dialogue density1.5 lines / min
First line00:01:53
Final line01:25:30
Production Record
DirectorVincent Monnikendam
LanguageDutch
IMDb votes185