Lyrical Vengeance

Lyrical Vengeance

2026
1h 51m
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On crowded dance floors at queer club nights in Tokyo, Yogyakarta and Rotterdam, ravers celebrate the lives and works of Japanese author Fumiko Hayashi, Indonesian author Suwarsih Djojopuspito and Dutch-Indonesian author Beb Vuyk. These women challenged patriarchal and nationalist politics from the 1930s to the 1950s, a turbulent period marked by violence, war and decolonization. They wrote openly about sensitive subjects such as women’s labour, sex work and resistance to colonial and patriarchal oppression. Contemporary activists, artists and researchers engage with the authors’ literary legacies through collective reading, and performance. These local actors quote from the writers’ work and, through improvisation, enact how these women might have responded to complex situations. The writers’ artistic practice, activism and feminism resonate with the creative practices of today’s transnational queer community, connecting different ways of creating and claiming space.

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Language: NL

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Production Information

Production Companies
Vriza Productions Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media
Production Countries
Netherlands
Spoken Languages
Japanese Indonesian Dutch Sundanese English

Keywords

rave rotterdam indonesia tokyo, japan 1940s 1950s 1930s queer feminist literature

Quick Facts

Release Date November 13, 2026
Status Post Production
Language NL

Cast

Luna Oliver / Andromeda
Luna Oliver / Andromeda

herself / Fumiko Hayashi

Fitriana Puspita Dewi
Fitriana Puspita Dewi

herself / Fumiko Hayashi

Kanae Tanikawa
Kanae Tanikawa

herself / Fumiko Hayashi

Aquarini Priyatna
Aquarini Priyatna

herself / Suwarsih Djojopuspito

Nuraini Juliastuti
Nuraini Juliastuti

herself / Suwarsih Djojopuspito

Elin McCready
Elin McCready

herself / Suwarsih Djojopuspito

Falke Pisano
Falke Pisano

herself / Beb Vuyk

Yoshiyuki Ishikawa
Yoshiyuki Ishikawa

themself / Beb Vuyk

Pamela Pattynama
Pamela Pattynama

herself / Beb Vuyk

Deise Tigrona
Deise Tigrona

special appearance

Key Crew

Wendelien van Oldenborgh
Director
Lonnie van Brummelen
Producer