The Struggle of the Female Protagonist in the Film Ketika Berhenti di Sini by Umay Shahab: A Study Based on Simone de Beauvoir’s Existentialist Feminism
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https://doi.org/10.55909/jpbs.v5i5.1884Keywords:
struggle, female protagonist, film, existentialist feminismAbstract
This study aims to describe the forms and functions of the female character’s struggle in the film Ketika Berhenti di Sini by Umay Shahab from Simone de Beauvoir’s existentialist feminist perspective. The study was conducted in Surabaya in 2026, with the film serving as the primary source of data. The population comprised all scenes, dialogues, actions, and decisions involving the characters, while the sample consisted of selected data depicting the struggle of Dita as the main female character. The researcher served as the primary research instrument, assisted by data-recording sheets and classification tables. Data were collected through repeated viewing, note-taking, and documentation. Data analysis employed a qualitative descriptive method using transcription, coding, classification, categorization, data reduction, data display, and conclusion drawing, followed by theoretical interpretation based on Simone de Beauvoir’s existentialist feminism. The findings reveal five forms of Dita’s struggle: confronting loss, managing emotions, making life choices, maintaining self-existence, and continuing her life. These forms function to help Dita face the reality of loss, recover emotionally, exercise freedom in making life choices, affirm her existence, and achieve transcendence. Overall, Dita’s struggle represents an existential process of rebuilding freedom, self-awareness, and independence as a subject who determines the direction of her own life.“Keywords: women’s struggle, female character, existentialist feminism.
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