Review from 22nd int’l Singapore film festival
( Nomination Best Asian Film )
Love Potpourri / Cinta Setaman
BY HARRY DAGOE SUHARYADI / INDONESIA / 2008 / R21 / 89 MIN
Producer: Harry Dagoe Suharyadi, Screenplay: Harry Dagoe Suharyadi, Cast: Alex Abbad, Jajang C Noer, Nicholas Saputra, Surya Saputra
The Arts House - Screening Room
23rd Apr, 7:15pm
Get tickets: SOLD OUT!
An omnibus of eight short stories dealing with love and devotion in contemporary Indonesia.
A boy takes on a number of odd jobs, hoping to save money to buy his object of affection. What happens when this object becomes a person? At a pirated video shop where European auteurs sit alongside Hollywood filmmakers, the video guy has to choose. Will it be instant or gourmet coffee? A young girl is supposed to love her mother and learn from her teacher. What happens when their roles are reversed? A Japanese man rescues a damsel in distress. But when will she pick up the phone?
A director has to please his nagging wife and demanding employers. Can he pull off the great escape? A property owner just had a terrible day. Can she take one more piece of bad news? A grateful driver has taken over his departing employer’s expensive pet fish. Will he sell it to sponsor his wife’s education? A mother wants to go to the Haj but is it right for her to take her son’s money?
With the help of the biggest 27 names in Indonesia's entertainment and media industry, writer-producer-director Harry Dagoe Suharyadi has made a film that is rich in ambition and broad in scope. He confronts issues of religion, polygamy and homosexuality and asks: what is the right thing to do? It’s an open-ended film and there are no easy answers. Perhaps the point is when it comes to love and devotion, there is no right or wrong.
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