Turah is a straightforward film with ordinary characters and scenes, and no symbolisms nor poetics that require interpretation. What you see is what you get, unprocessed and unembellished. This is precisely what the Tempo Film Festival judges believe is the film’s primary strength: its as-it-is portrait of poverty. Young director Wicaksono Wisnu Legowo is the man behind the powerful feat.

As a director, Wisnu is both meticulous and mature, res