Country
Indonesia
Production Year
2023
Running Time
97
Genre
Drama, Comedy
Age
13+
comedy, family, culture
In a lakeside fishing village in West Sumatra, Indonesia, an old retired school principal and divorcee wins a large prize from a sweepstakes held by a soap company. But he died before he could claim it. Now, the village leaders organize a conspiracy to convince the soap company that the old man is still alive and claim the prize for the village
Director
Paul Agusta
Paul Agusta was born in Jakarta on 1 September 1980. He was raised in Indonesia before moving to America to study film. Upon finishing film school, he returned to Indonesia to begin a varied career in film: as a film critic (which he retired from in 2007), film programmer/curator, filmmaker, writer, actor, and arts educator. His short and feature films have been screened at various international film festivals, such as the International Film Festival Rotterdam, BiFan, Vancouver International Film Festival, and Hawaii International Film Festival. He is the co-founder, with Khiva Iskak, of an acting workshop called Bengkel Akting Kuma.
