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  And The Moon Dances

  August 29, 2012 / Drama, Ethnicity & Cultural Identity, Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers, Recommendations

  Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Bulan Tertusuk Ilalang Released: 1995 Country: Indonesia Director: Garin Nugroho Language: Indonesian Theme: Ethnicity & Cultural Identity Genre: Drama Summary Literally translated, the title means “The Moon Pierced by Wild Grass,” and the film tells the story of the relationship between an aged traditional song teacher named Waluyo, his folk music disciple Ilalang [...]

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  Yasujiro’s Journey

  September 17, 2011 / Drama, English, Experimental, Faozan Rizal, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers, Philosophy & Ethics

  Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2004 Country: Indonesia Director: Faozan Rizal Language: Indonesian, English Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary A younger man’s journey, as it is portrayed in this impressive atmospheric debut film, is not so much a literal quest to find guidance from his grandfather whose name he bears as a spiritual quest to [...]

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  Whispering Sands

  September 17, 2011 / Drama, Family & Relationships, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers, Nan Achnas

  Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Original Title: Pasir Berbisik Released: 2001 Country: Indonesia Director: Nan Achnas Language: Indonesian Theme: Family & Relationships Genre: Drama Summary When does love let go? This is a parent’s angst, and it grips the mother in this exquisite film from Indonesia. Ahn’s daughter Daya, a joyful young woman who loves to sing, is coming [...]

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  Mother Courage

  September 17, 2011 / Drama, Eros Djarot, History, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers

  Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here: Original Title: Tjoet Nya Dien Released: 1988 Country: Indonesia Director: Eros Djarot Language: Indonesian Theme: History Genre: Drama Summary The independence movement to free Indonesia from the control of its Dutch colonizers began as a land and power struggle in the late 1890’s. Tjoet Nya Dien (Mother Courage) dramatizes that struggle for some ten years. [...]

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  GIE

  September 17, 2011 / Drama, Indonesia, Indonesian, Law, Politics & Government, Movie Trailers, Riri Riza

  Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2005 Country: Indonesia Director: Riri Riza Language: Indonesian Theme: Law, Politics & Government Genre: Drama Summary Based on the life of Soe Hok-Gie, a key political activist/writer in the 60s, the film shows the darkest era of Indonesian history. His life is a clash between a high drama of political events, and the [...]

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  Bird Man Tale

  September 17, 2011 / Drama, Garin Nugroho, Indonesia, Indonesian, Law, Politics & Government, Movie Trailers

  Arnold, a 15 year old Papuan boy, obsesses over his desire to kiss a young woman he meets at the port. Meanwhile, his father Bertold, is being hunted down by a group of anonymous thugs for his political activities demanding justice for the detention of independence leader,

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  Aries

  September 17, 2011 / Drama, Experimental, Faozan Rizal, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers, Philosophy & Ethics

  Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Released: 2004 Country: Indonesia Director: Faozan Rizal Language: Indonesian Theme: Philosophy & Ethics Genre: Drama, Experimental Summary “Aries is the code of living in Heaven, until one day the passion comes and forbidden fruits fall to the earth.” So begins Aries by talented experimental filmmaker Faozan Rizal. This visually arresting work is set against [...]

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  A Poet

  September 17, 2011 / Drama, Garin Nugroho, Human Rights, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers

  In 1965 six generals were killed in Indonesia, and the Communist party was blamed for organizing the conspiracy that led to the deaths. The result: under General Suharto hundreds of thousands of people were imprisoned and executed as suspected Communists or Communist sympathizers.

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  Prison and Paradise

  July 7, 2011 / Daniel Rudi Haryanto, Documentary, Human Rights, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers

  On 12 October, 2002, a group of suicide bombers attacked Bali, Indonesia. Five of the perpetrators are interviewed in prison. Noor Huda Ismail, a journalist with The Washington Post and ex-roommate of one of the perpetrators, introduces us to two of their families.

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  Sherina’s Adventure

  July 6, 2011 / Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers, Riri Riza, Youth & Coming of Age, Youth, Children

  Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:    Original Title: Petualangan Sherina Released: 2000 Country: Indonesia Director: Riri Riza Language: Indonesian Theme: Youth & Coming Of Age Genre: Youth, Children Summary Little Sherina must leave her good friends behind in Jakarta when her father takes a better job on a plantation in the countryside. At her new school, Sherina confronts a bully [...]

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  The Lost Suitcase

  July 6, 2011 / Drama, Indonesia, Indonesian, Movie Trailers, Richard Oh, Social & Economic Issues

  Enjoy the trailer? Now watch the entire movie. Hit “purchase” to subscribe to a three-year stream of the film. Have a coupon? Enter code here:   Original Title: Koper Released: 2006 Country: Indonesia Director: Richard Oh Language: Indonesian Theme: Social & Economic Issues Genre: Drama Summary A lowly clerk working in the archives section of a big bureaucratic organisation chances upon a suitcase and finds his life completely transformed. From their neighbour, he and his wife soon find out that [...]

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