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Ingin Menciummu Sekali Saja |
Bird Man Tale
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| Garin
Nugroho |
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film dwells on a Papuan teenage boy (Arnold, 15 years) who meets
a woman at the port and is obsessed by a desire to kiss her.
At the same time, his father (Bertold), an activist and a dance
instructor, is being hunted down by some unknown people because
of his political activities to demand justice for the detention
of Theys Eluay, chairman of the Papuan Council Presidium. We
discover how Arnold’s obsession to kiss the woman has
become a way for the character to find himself. After all, the
whole narration is a way of finding oneself.
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Screenplay/ Garin Nugroho
Photography (colour)/ Shamir
Editing/ Arturo GP
Art Direction Budi Riyanto
Cast Octavianus Rysiat Muabuay, Lulu Tobing, Adi Kurdi, P. Ramendei
Thamo, Sonya Baransano
Production/ Wiwied Setia
Year of Production/ 2002
Running Time/ 90’ |
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| His international
début was made in the Berlin Film Festival, when Indonesia
was in the middle of a crisis lasting for the whole 1990s decade.
Garin grew alone as the avant garde of Indonesian cinema. His
films obtained access to festivals such as those in Berlin,
Cannes, Tokyo and many others. Among his works we recall Letter
to an Angel (1993), And the Moon Dances (1995), Fipresci and
Netpac Prize at the 1995 Berlin Film Festival, and Leaf on a
Pillow (1997), “Un Certain Regard” award at the
1998 Cannes International Film Festival and The Poet (1999).
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