Shape of the Moon
dir. Leonard Retel Helmrich, The Netherlands, 2004, 92 mins
Screening times
May 13 16:30, Kinoteka 1
May 7 19:30, Muranów
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Synopsis

In the next installment of the trilogy Retel Helmrich shows us new changes in Indonesia through the eyes of the Shamsuddin family. The document takes us through the poor suburbs of Jakarta to a family, on the verge of disintegration. An old woman left alone, after her son decides to marry, decides to seek peace and quiet in her village.

Grandmother Rumidjah is a Christian woman in the Muslim capital Jakarta. She wants to leave the hectic city and return to her ancestral village to enjoy her twilight years. However that means leaving her granddaughter Tari in the city. Rumidjah’s life does not get any easier when her son Bakti converts to Islam in order to get married.

Wybrane nagrody i festiwale/Selected festivals and awards: 2005 – FF Sundance, Nagroda Główna Jury w kategorii: Kino Światowe/ Sundance FF, World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary, Sundance Film Festival, 2004 – MFF Amsterdam, Nagroda dla Najlepszego Pełnometrażowego Filmu Dokumentalnego/IDFA Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary.

Makers

Zdjęcia/Cinematography by: Leonard Retel Helmrich, Ismail Fahmi Lubish
Producent/Production: Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich for Scarabeefilms

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