The Meaning of Marriage on Film: Analysis of Film 'Teman Tapi Menikah 2

This study focuses on the meaning of marriage which is represented in the film  Teman Tapi Menikah 2 (2020) directed by Rako Prijanto. The divorce rate in Indonesia is increasing sharply, according to data from the Central Bureau of Statistics, it was recorded that 5.89% of the total 67.2 million household couples have divorced in 2015. In 2020, the number of divorce case has increased to 6.4% from 72.9 million married couples. Marriage it seems doesn't look promising in the society. This high percentage of divorced coupled reflects the changes of social discourse on marriage in the society. However, this phenomenon seemingly hasn't reflected in the cinema, while many films portray marriage in their narratives. Thus, it is interesting to explore how marriage has been represented in the cinema. This paper explores film Teman Tapi Menikah 2 (Friend but married 2), aiming to provide insight and cinematic representation about marriage by using descriptive qualitative. This research utilizes Tzvetan Todorov's narrative analysis as a technique to analyze the content of the film and find the meaning of marriage in the narrative. This paper relies on representation theory as a form of the theoretical basis of this research. The analysis is carried out by describing the storyline in the film, which will be divided into three parts according to the structure of Tzvetan Todorov's narrative analysis. They are the initial phase of marriage - marriage conflict - conflict resolution. This research finds that the film Teman Tapi Menikah 2 articulated a marriage is a form of a cooperative relationship between husband and wife that runs in a balanced and harmonious manner according to their respective roles and portions, with the aim of creating and build a harmonious family, both in parent-child relationships, as well as husband and wife themselves.