From Siman to Susi
Besides films adapted from books and biopics, the year 2019 has harvested grass-root indie movies. Several of these indie movies have even broken through at international festivals. Tempo has the annual tradition of selecting films as an alternative to the annual Indonesian Film Festival, and as a way to celebrate quality cinema. These are our picks.
Tempo
December 17, 2019
A MAN with his tongue cut off, a badminton hero, a queer teen: Indonesian films have featured many interesting themes. One came from a classic novel, another adapted from a Korean soap. Or local comic personalities presented as Marvel-like superheroes. A film with the off-kilter idea of a magician who makes a child disappear—for years—in his magic box.
There were also films with sports as it main theme. In addition to badminton
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