Tjoet Nja` Dhien - Indonesian Embassy in London

Naga Bonar 2
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Friday 18 November (7pm),
Room G51 SOAS:
Nagabonar Jadi 2 is a comedy movie
starring Deddy Mizwar and Tora Sudiro as
father an son. This movie is a sequel to
1986 hits movie Nagabonar. The story is
still about Nagabonar (Deddy Mizwar), a
pickpocket who becomes a general during
independence war. But now Nagabonar
lives in the big city with his son Bonaga
(Tora Sudiro). Bonaga is a businessman.
Along with his three friends, Pomo (Darius
Sinathrya), Ronnie (Uli Herdinansyah) and
Jaki (Michael Muliadro) they run a big
business. Conflict comes when Bonaga
wants to sell his father's palm plantation.
Monita (Wulan Guritno), a consultant to
Bonaga’s business, tries to resolve the
conflict between Bonaga and Nagabonar.
Pertaruhan
Friday 9th December (7pm),
Room G51 SOAS:
An inspiring documentary about the many
issues faced by Indonesian women who are
struggling to survive in a society where a
women's body is still regarded as the door
to sin.
At Stake (Pertaruhan) is a brave and eyeopening documentary anthology tackling
taboo issues that many women are facing in
the world's most populous Islamic country,
Indonesia. Topics range from female
genital mutilation to the conflict that arises
when unmarried women want to go to the
gynecologist.
maaf saya menghamili istri
anda
(Sorry, I Impregnated Your
Wife)
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Friday 16 December 2011 (6.30pm)
Indonesian Embassy
Dibyo (Ringgo Agus Rahman) is a natural
born loser whose fate changes one day
when a pretty woman, Mira (Mulan Kwok),
falls head over heels with him. Their
romance goes too far, and Mira finds herself
pregnant with Dibyo's child. Unfortunately,
without Dibyo knowing, Mira the wife of
Lamhot (Eddie Karsito), a big-time thug.
Lamhot goes mad when he finds out about
this, but he is smart enough to punish Dibyo
in an unusual way: by forcing him to marry
Lamhot's equally-stubborn younger sister,
Butet (Shanty). Can Dibyo escape this
hideous plan?
Tjoet Nja' Dhien
Friday 13th January 2012 (7pm),
Room G51, SOAS
Set in 1896, Tjoet Nja Dhien celebrates one
of Indonesia's great heroes who fought for
independence from the Dutch. The pious
Muslim people of Aceh, a city that had
flourished since ancient times as a trade
port, enter into a fierce war with the Dutch.
Tjoet Nja 'Dhien, the widow of a rebel
leader operating in Aceh in Sumatra,
assumes the leadership when her husband
Teuku Uma is killed in an ambush. 'Dhien's
charismatic presence and power of survival
motivate the locals to join and later
continue their opposition to the Dutch.
Despite personal obstacles, she remained
in the thick of the struggle for ten years.
3 hari untuk selamanya
Friday 27th January 2012 (6.30pm),
Indonesian Embassy
Filmmaker Riri Riza (Sang Pemimpi, Laskar
Pelangi) crafted this road movie about an
important delivery gone horribly awry.
Yusuf (Nicholas Saputra) is a middle-class
Muslim who has been assigned the task of
transporting an expensive wedding dinner
to the Indonesian town of Yogjakarta.
Normally, such an important responsibility
would prove no problem for a clean cut
young man like Yusuf, but when his
unpredictable cousin Ambar (Adinia
Wirasti) decides to come along for the ride,
a delivery that was supposed to take just
one day becomes a three day odyssey into
the hedonistic world of contemporary youth
culture.
Nama ku Dick
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Friday 10 February 2012 ( 7pm),
Room G51 SOAS
Bama (Tora Sudiro), a 26 year old successful
and good looking architect is known to people
as a charming, yet an playboy. Bama became
this way due to a childhood friend, Tiara
(Marissa Nasution), who sparked a change
within Bama to transform him from a rather
shy, awkward boy to the playboy he is today.
As Bama’s career takes off, he dates several
woman. There’s Agnes (Davina Veronica),
who loves to be pampered; Tina (Maria
Agnes), a possessive taekwondo expert; Dewi
(Richa
Novisha),
who’s
sensitive
yet
temperamental. Until one day, Bama meets
Tiara, his childhood crush. So sure is he that
he can make her fall in love with him this time
around, that he lays a 24-hour bet with his
friends!
Dewi, hurt and heartbroken, seeks revenge
against Bama, cursing his penis, named
“Dick”, to be able to talk!
Tentang dia
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Friday 24 February 2012 (6.30pm),
Indonesian Embassy
Gadis (Sigi Wimala) betrayed by her boyfriend
who has an affair with her own best friend.
She becomes highly introverted and has no
friends except Randu (Fauzi Baadilla), who
falls in love with her. A car accident provides
the catalyst, as Gadis meets another girl
named Rudi (Adinia Wirasti), who brings her
out of her shell; however, conflict looms as
Randu becomes jealous and over-protective.
King
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Friday 9 March (7pm)
Room G51 SOAS
A heart-warming story of a poor boy - Guntur.
His father dreams of having a famous
badminton-player son but poverty gets in the
way: Guntur loses time and again on the court
because his father could not afford a proper
racket but that would not be an issue when he
smashed the shuttlecock with all his might.
And then came the news:
PB Djarum, the most successful badminton
club in Indonesia, would give scholarships to
talented young players. But they must come
from badminton academies…
Merah Putih 2: Darah
Garuda
Friday 23rd March 2012 (6.30pm), Indonesian
Embassy
Divided by their secrets from the past, and
conflicts in terms of personality, social class
and religion, the four young men band
together to launch a desperate attack against
a Dutch military camp in order to save the
women they love.
The cadets ordered by General Sudirman, are
given a highly classified assignment behind
enemy lines in West Java. Penetrating deep
into the forest, they met another group of
Muslim separatists, as well as new allies and
potential traitors.
Surrounded, either by an enemy from outside
and from within, the heroes must unite and
trust each other as they struggle to pursue
one goal: Independence!