#3 Movie Review "The Sinking of Van Der Wijck"

Early in the morning, Ahmad gave back zainuddin's umbrella. Along with the letter, hayati expressed his thankful to zainuddin. Next day, zainuddin sent letter to hayati. They did correspondent several times till hayati and zainuddin agreed to continue to paint their future by tie knot. Zainuddin's routine as student of scholar was good and it was getting least friendly because he half padang. Not full padang blood. His also away by his friend while they are playing football in field or break at lapau. Zainuddin keep correspond to hayati by letter through ahmad as a post boy. Thourgh those letters zainuddins expressed his disappointment, his anger, his sorrowness, and his hope to hayati. He thinks hayati is his helper and his friend so would hayati open her hand for him?. Which it means Zainuddin propose hayati through his letter. The next day hayati accepted it. Yet their meeting were seen by hayati's ninik which is triggering ninik anger.      

In the scene as it stated in the novel. The gap between non padang and padang were clearly depicted. The viewer like me can feel what director need to be explained. Director was doing his job as expected by the reader of novel.

A day after hayati and zainuddin met. Hayati's ninik called hayati and explained to hayati that zainuddin was inequek to hayati. Hayati was blossom of batipuh and symbol of family dignity. How could hayati become a wife a stranger come from far away? Hayati explained to her ninik her love to zainuddin was pure and not matrialistics. Her ninik insisted hayati and pushed hayati to reject zainuddin.

In this scene the director did as novel written. It showed us that padang culture really magnify padang blood. Especially it comes to marriage. Hayati was arranged to other padang who has decent life instead of zainuddin although zainuddin is the only heir in his family. Yet, the certainty of zainuddin's life is unpredictable especially when it comes to job and financial.   

Days later, zainuddin seek by pareman kampong. Mak advised zainuddin to go away from batipuh and go to padang panjang to rumah datua. Zainuddin and hayati meet at lake and promise to meet each other on the next year. Zainuddin will fulfill his promise to marry hayati. They chated for long time and ahmad away form them several metres. Hayati left zainuddin and gave her jilbab's to zainuddin as zainuddin's gift.

This scene affirmed that hayati and zainuddin love was not something little. They promise to meet next year and marry.

One day, in Padang panjang there was a horse racing. Where people around the country come and enjoy the horse racing. Hayati sent letter to zainuddin that they will meet each other in horse racing. Then zainuddin prepared his new hair style helped by his cousin. Hayati traveled to padang panjang with her friend. she stayed at khadijah house. Her friend in sakola nagari. Hayati prepared for pacuan kuda and her friend hadija helped her to dress up like modern girl. Though, hayati felt uncomfortable yet hadija confirmed her that "we dress to be bauty and people enjoy our beauty". Hayati dress up and showed up in the middle of hadija and hadija's brother and guesses.

Hayati meet them in the living room. A man was captived by hayati's beauty. He unexpectedly said "amboi, you are beutifull and hadija lied to me about you. You are beautiful than hadija's description". Hadija introduced her elder brother to Hayati. Then Hayati knew that he was Aziz that told by Hadija. They went together in the racing horse. Hayati met zainuddin in the racing horse. Yet, zainuddin felt disappointed with hayati appearance. He saw hayati dress was so open and you can see.

In this scene, the director was very good. As written in the novel that zainuddin felt disappointed with hayati's apperarance. This scene also showed us to more pay attention on the relationship between hayati and zainuddin. Yet, on their relationship, Zainuddin felt compete with new comer, he is Aziz. Aziz approached hayati in a way that Zainuddin couldn't do it. So, Zainuddin need to decide fast something that he need accomplish. A day later, Zainuddin sent a letter to Hayati's ninik and hayati that he wanted to propose hayati as soon as possible. While on the other hand Aziz and his mom were discussing Aziz future wife to be. His mom interested in hayati and Aziz did. Aziz argued, he worried if hayati be her wife. Hayati wouldn't be suit with his life style considering hayati was coming from countryside. Hadija confirmed that hayati is not rigid as Aziz's thought. Everywoman could be affected by enviroment. It is very easy to change hayati's life, by giving her jewelry, giving her luxury, clothes and new life style. Aziz's mam insisted aziz to get married with hayati, because aziz's mam loves hayati's attitude, beuty and behave. His mam said that this time aziz to shettle down and away from londo-londo netherland around him. Although he raised from netherland education, still he is a padangnese and this time form him to find a spouse who can stay and delivering child for his family. Then aziz asked hadija "what about Buginese man who wore sarung bugis?" hadija replied "he just friend and not really has good future and I bet hayati's ninik will not approve their relationship though zainuddin is a stranger in padang and stranger too in Bugis land." So appernatly he is not your competitor at all in this relationship.

To be continued