Representation Of Family Dysfunction In Film “Bolehkah Sekali Saja Kumenangis”

Abstract

This study discusses how the family dysfunction is represented in the movie May I Say It Once Upon a Time. The film was released in October. The object of this study was a family dominated by patriarchal fathers and was very authoritarian in life, so researchers wanted to see a representation of family dysfunction in the film using John Fiske's semiotics. The study used a descriptive type of qualitative research and focused on three levels of semiotics proposed by John Fiske: the level of reality, the level of representation, and the level of ideology. The reason for the family dysfunction that occurs in this film is because of the wounds of fathers in the past where their fathers experienced violence by their fathers who still have a patriarchal culture and poor communication between families, thus triggering family dysfunction. The film takes social life in today's society which often occurs and leads to divorce.