Film Details

Film
Autobiography
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screenwriter

Film Synopsis

With his father in prison and his brother abroad for work, young Rakibworks as the lone housekeeper in an empty mansion belonging to Purna,a retired general whose family Rakib’s clan have served for centuries ina rural Indonesian town.

After Purna returns home to start his mayoral election campaign, Rakibbonds with the older man, who becomes a close mentor and father figure,and finds his calling as Purna’s assistant in work and life. When Purna’selection poster is found vandalised one day, Rakib doesn’t hesitate totrack down the culprit, kicking off an escalating chain of violence.

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