During the 1965 mass killings to eliminate the Indonesian Communist Party, the new regime banned scholars in the Soviet Union and China, forcing them into exile across Europe. This documentary follows those displaced individuals as they navigate the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Sweden, Germany, and Indonesia, reflecting on the traumatic events that uprooted their lives.
This film tells the story of 3 female workers who have one name in common, Titik. They are Titik Sulastri, a widow with 2 children who works as a low-paid contract laborer at a garment factory, Titik Dewanti Sari, a spinster holding a prestigious position in a scandalous giant company, and Titik Kartika or Titik Tomboy, the son of a thug who works as a home factory worker. who is not afraid to die for justice. Not only sharing a name, the three dots are both trapped in a situation that makes their lives change 360 degrees.
Wati and Sri are Indonesian domestic helpers in Hong Kong. At the port, they play a simple game. Whoever wins, can take whatever inside their employer's groceries. But then.. Strangely, the game became an absurdity of their existence.
A young woman struggles in foreign countries to improve her self esteem to her family and to the community.
Setia, an Indonesian maid, and Supayong, a construction worker from Thailand, are two illegal foreign laborers who drift between Taipei and Taoyuan while looking for job opportunities. The two foreigners rely on each other and share the burden of their loneliness among the hustle and bustle of a glittering city. They strive for survival while developing a gentle relationship full of humor, using a language that both are still awkward with: Chinese, the language of their host country.
The story takes place in a mental hospital. Many things are going on. There is Pesta (Bucek Depp), a junky who was moved from a prison to the hospital. He meets Beth (Ine Febriyanti), the daughter of a high-ranking government official, who asked that her daughter gets a special treatment, but this must remain a secret. There are a poet, a politician and a nurse who was an ex-patient, and Beth’s helper, also Rehan (Nurul Arifin) who has her own set of problems. The doctors at the hospital seem no different from the patients. There is also an artist who makes installation art works. His artistic doctrin is: the more complicated it is for a work of art to be understood, the better. It is unclear if the artist is the hospital 's patient, because he is never inside of the hospital but is always in the courtyard.
Lola Amaria (born July 30th, 1977) is an Indonesian film producer, director, and actress.
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