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Pangku: Not a Bitter Poverty

Monday, November 24, 2025

The realism in the film Pangku echoes reality frankly.

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IN the fishing village of Eretan Kulon on the north coast of Java, residents live in fragile wooden houses. They eke out a living by scavenging for scraps from the fishing trade. But make no mistake: Pangku (On Your Lap) is not about bitter poverty. Reza Rahadian’s film (his directorial debut) is, instead, about “the banality of penury,” where a life of poverty becomes routine, something commonplace, banal, everyday, and un

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