During the revolution, Japan is defeated but has yet to surrender so a 14-year-old boy insists on joining the army, to avenge his father, who is incarcerated in Nusa Kambangan for murder. His actions are brave yet extreme in every way. Recognising this, the commander promotes the boy to section...
Murti (Sally Marcelina), the daughter of bankrupt farmer Murdali (Wenda Wijaya), is offered up as a bride to relieve a family debt owed to loan shark Juragan Hamid (Mawardi Harland). Before the forced marriage occurs, Murti and her boyfriend Yusman (Johan Saimima) run off and marry one another is a...
A village is being terrorized by an evil spirit called Kuyang or Nenek Grondong, which especially loves sucking blood from infants and pregnant women. That all coincides with a couple adopting a child that turns on them and becomes vicious and evil.
This film is an expression of the way of life of adolescents as told from the point of view of the teenagers themselves as they rebel against the world of adults. Susan (Nunu Datau), Dody (Adjie Massaid) dan Rini (Cornelia Agatha) are students at SMA 2000. They have unconsciously formed a kind of...
Set on 24 March 1946 in Bandung, when the city was engulfed in explosions as if it was a sea of fire, the battle scenes between Indonesian and Dutch dominate the film. The main plot line is the conflict of Nani, a Red Cross nurse, who loves Priyatna, an ex PETA fighter. Meanwhile, Hidayat, the...
Hamidah, who is Budi’s childhood friend and his sweetheart as a grown up, has to leave him to treat her illness. Left without any news of his love, Budi is disappointed and becomes a reckless man who plays around with women and goes drinking in nightclubs. Then he becomes a police fugitive after...
The arrest of Haji Jalaluddin during his sermon leaves a strong impression on the hearts of Hamid and Halimah, his followers. Halimah is a wife who is taken for granted by her husband who is pro-Dutch. Hamid is the son of a rich merchant who falls into poverty after being branded as a rebel. His...
In the Islamic tradition, when a person is buried and the binding of their cover cloth is not released, the dead will become a ‘pocong’ ghost (mythical ghost of the dead who can jump around). Another belief is that if you have unpaid debts, a cat will jump over your dead body and you’ll...
Ki Ageng Mangir Wanabaya (Teddy Purba), the grandson of the Brawijaya King family, tries to restore the glory of Majapahit using the magical power of the Baru Klinting heirloom spear.
Tells the story of a family that experiences chaos after the father dies. Sofia's stepson drives out his stepmother and two siblings. Finally he dies in an accident. When her mother dies, Sofia is adopted by her rich neighbor, while Erwin is who knows where. When he is slandered by his stepsister,...
Mulyono returns to his village, Tembarak, after serving time in Nusakambangan prison. His village is in the midst of a village headman election. There are two strong candidates with opposite attitude. One believes that any means is justifiable while the other one follows the straight road. Mulyono...
Susan is often disturbed by a horrifying female ghost, which has weakened her body. Her parents and lover, Charles, who are skeptical at first, eventually look for a shaman who can heal her. Initially the shaman’s spell works but then the ghost switches her target to the sister of Charles, Yuni,...
