Surya then released her third feature film "Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts" in 2017. It premiered at the Directors' Fortnight event of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival in May before receiving a domestic release later in November. A revenge drama-thriller, the film was only the fourth Indonesian film ever to make the festival's official selection after Eros Djarot's "Tjoet Nja' Dhien" and Garin Nugroho's "Leaf on a Pillow" in 1998 as well as Nugroho's "Serambi" in 2006. While Surya co-wrote the screenplay with husband and collaborator Rama Adi, Garin Nugroho is credited with the original story, which he shared with Surya while they were part of a Citra Award jury panel. Marsha Timothy stars as a young widow who is raped and violated by local thugs and sets out to take revenge on her attackers.