Pareh

Pareh Sundanese for rice, released internationally as Pareh, Song of the Rice, is a 1936 film from the Dutch East Indies modern day Indonesia. Directed by the Dutchmen Albert Balink and Mannus Franken, it featured an amateur native cast and starred Raden Mochtar and Doenaesih. The story follows the forbidden love between a fisherman and a farmers daughter.

Mahmud Rd. Mochtar, a fisherman, is in love with Wagini Doenaesih, a farmers daughter. However, local superstition dictates that their relationship will bring disaster. This seems to prove true after the village leaders keris is stolen, but eventually Mahmud and Wagini are able to unite.During 1934 and early 1935, all feature films released in the Dutch East Indies had been produced by The Teng Chun, based on Chinese mythology or martial arts, and targeted at lowclass audiences, generally ethnic Chinese. This situation was created by the Great Depression, which had led to the Dutch East Indies government collecting higher taxes, advertisers asking for more money, and cinemas selling tickets at lower prices this ensured that there was a very low profit margin for local films. During this period cinemas in the country mainly showed Hollywood productions. ........

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