Researching a book that takes her to Bali and the black magic cult of Leák, Cathy meets an evil witch which promises to train her in the dark arts. Tricked, Cathy is turned into a Penanggalan; a flying vampire with internal organs hanging from her neck. It is now up to the local holy men who are then enforced to do battle with the forces of evil.Read More »
Indonesia
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H. Tjut Djalil – Leák AKA Mystics in Bali (1981)
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Yosep Anggi Noen – Vakansi yang Janggal dan Penyakit Lainnya AKA Peculiar Vacation and Other Illnesses (2012)
2011-2020DramaIndonesiaYosep Anggi NoenFed up with her daily routine, Ning takes on a new job at a furniture shop. There, she gets the opportunity to get away from her indifferent husband Jarot for a couple of days, having to deliver a sofa with her colleague Mur.Read More »
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Usmar Ismail – Tiga Dara AKA Three Maidens (1956)
1951-1960ComedyIndonesiaMusicalUsmar IsmailTiga Dara (Indonesian for Three Maidens) is a 1956 Indonesian musical comedy film starring Chitra Dewi, Mieke Wijaya, and Indriati Iskak. Directed by Usmar Ismail for Perfini, the film follows three sisters who live with their father and grandmother. When the eldest sister, Nunung, shows no interest in marrying, her family tries to find a husband for her.Read More »
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Edwin – Hulahoop Soundings (2008)
2001-2010ArthouseEdwinIndonesiaShort FilmQuote:
Lana is working on a telephone sex line. In order to be able to make the excited groaning, she does the hulahoop while she is on the phone to clients. Remake of the graduation film Soundings that Joel Coen made at the New York University.Read More » -
Kamila Andini – Yuni (2021)
2021-2030DramaIndonesiaKamila AndiniQuote:
Yuni is an Indonesian teenage girl who realizes that when her dreams get bigger, the world around her gets smaller. She is about to finish high school and have a big dreams, she thinks everything is possible. Then one day she got proposed by a man she barely knows. She rejects the proposal, but the second proposal came. Yuni still believes in her dream, so does the family. But something came up this time. A myth, about you cannot reject more than two proposals; otherwise you will never get married. Until one day, her teacher came to her house, become the third guy who proposed to her.Read More » -
Nan Triveni Achnas – Pasir Berbisik AKA Whispering Sands (2001)
2001-2010DramaIndonesiaNan Triveni AchnasQuote:
Berlian and her daughter Daya are on the run from political violence. They are forced to move inland from their seaside home to a desert of constantly shifting sands. Finally, Daya sees a vaguely familiar face from across the wasteland.Read More » -
Edwin – Babi Buta yang Ingin Terbang AKA Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly (2008)
Edwin2001-2010ArthouseIndonesiaQuote:
Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly is a film that is both serious and playful. The film tackles a sensitive racial political issue, namely the denial of the cultural identity of the Chinese minority in Indonesia, but is also filled with humorous and bizarre jokes and situations.
The film is made up of several sketches that can differ in their tone and approach, yet keep returning to the central issue of the glossed-over Chinese identity. The insecurity, fear and uprooting this causes among Chinese Indonesians is the real subject of the film. The subject is obviously close to the maker’s heart.Read More » -
Kamila Andini – Sekala Niskala AKA The Seen and Unseen (2017)
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Usmar Ismail – Lewat Djam Malam AKA After the Curfew (1954)
1951-1960DramaIndonesiaUsmar IsmailGiving voice to the anguish of a nation fighting for its soul, Usmar Ismail’s After the Curfew follows the descent into disillusionment of a former freedom fighter who is unable to readjust to civilian life following the revolution that gave Indonesia its independence from the Netherlands. Steeped in moody atmospherics and psychological tension, the film struck its national cinema like a bolt of lightning, illuminating on-screen, for the first time and with unflinching realism, the emotional toll of Indonesian society’s postcolonial struggles.Read More »