Suf is a nice, clean-living, middle-class boy. He's the perfect
choice to drive a priceless dinner service to Yogyakarta for a
family wedding. Trouble is, his altogether looser cousin
Ambar misses her flight and tags along for the ride - and with
her in the passenger seat, a one-day journey somehow spirals
into three whole days of all those hedonistic things that
young people nowadays get up to. Riri Riza's admirable road
movie takes Islamic Indonesia by the scruff of its neck and
gives it a good shake. It notes both the upside and the downside
of getting wasted, and follows its characters in breaking
a number of social taboos. More purposively, it argues strongly
for the diversity of Indonesian society, explicitly challenging
those voices currently calling for it to be tamed. The
Indonesian censors were affronted, of course, but this is the
uncut version. (Tony Rayns)
Sceneggiatura / Screenplay Sinar Ayu Massie
Fotografia (colore) / Photography (colour) Yadi Sugandi
Montaggio / Editing Sastha Sunu
Musica / Music Float
Suono / Sound Satrio Budiono, Handy Ilfat
Interpreti / Cast Nicholas Saputra, Adinia Wirasti
Costumi / Costumes Meiske Taurisia
Trucco / Make-up Jerry Octavianus
Produzione / Production Mira Lesmana
Anno di produzione / Year of production 2006
Durata / Running time 104’
Formato / Format 35 mm
Riri Riza
Riri Riza, born in 1970, graduated
from the Film Department of the
Jakarta Arts Institute. His short film
Merry Go Round won an award at
the International Short Film Festival
of Oberhausen. In 1998 he co-directed
the feature film Kuldesak, which
was shown at festivals such as Rotterdam,
Deauville and Singapore.
His first full-length directorial effort
was Sherina's Adventure, a very successful
musical drama. In 2002 he
co-wrote and directed Eliana, Eliana,
which received the Young Cinema
Award, and Netpac/Fipresci Jury
Award in Singapore International
Film Festival 2002. His latest film GIE
won the award for Best Picture in
Indonesian Film festival 2005, the
Special Jury Prize at the Singapore
International Film Festival 2006 and
at 51st Asian Pacific International
Film Festival 2006. |
