The film argues that the institution of polygamy, when entered into for selfish reasons, destroys the cosmic balance of the household. The first wife’s turn to guna-guna is not portrayed as pure evil, but as a desperate act of a woman stripped of her legal and emotional power. In a 1988 Indonesian legal context where women had few divorce rights, black magic becomes the only available weapon. This reversal is subversive: the audience is forced to sympathize with the "villain" (the first wife) even as we watch her poison her husband’s soul.
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The story revolves around a complex and dangerous love triangle involving witchcraft: The Shamanic Duel: The film argues that the institution of polygamy,