THERE is one very disturbing scene in the film Pintu Terlarang (The Forbidden Door) (amongst a sea of other dark scenes). The film’s protagonist, Gambir (Fachri Albar) whispers, in a sad and mean tone, into his mother’s ear, “I still forgive parents who have children and love them.”

Gambir’s voice is the voice of Joko Anwar. This is the director whose film has been chosen a second time for Tempo’s version of the best film of the yea