Sikat Subar

Sikat Subar portrays the society of Timor-Leste through cockfighting and how this secular tradition reaches several dimensions of this society. It's an incognito and cold look at a popular and cruel tradition, illustrated over 3000 years ago in cave paintings, that is still practiced today and affects the economy, politics, religion, art and culture and the history of the people in today's society. Its influence on the armed resistance to the Indonesian occupation in the struggle for independence, in crime and in ritualistic martial arts gangs, in human and family relationships, in gender inequality and domestic violence. A daring film that confronts tradition with ethics and basic human needs.