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Release Date:
November 20, 1998
Original Title:
Kuldesak
Genres:
Action | Comedy | Drama
Production Companies:
Day For Night Films
Production Countries:
Indonesia
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 110
The film weaves around four stories all happening in metropolitan, dehumanizing Jakarta. In fact that is what it is about, the quality of meaninglessness of living in a place that turns people into zombies. In a place where meaning must be invented, these kids turn into the only place, the only culture they see worth tuning into: television and movies. Thus they slowly degenerate into the abysmal reinterpretation in a sort of sickening anti-hero, anti-social statements that goes absurdly a wrong turn.
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Art Direction:
Rizal Mantovani
Frans Paat
Irvan Wahid
Nurhamdani
Director:
Nan Triveni Achnas
Rizal Mantovani
Riri Riza
Mira Lesmana
Director of Photography:
Roy Lolang
Yudi Datau
Yadi Sugandi
Nur Hidayat
Screenplay:
Adi Nugroho
Sound Designer:
Thoersi Argeswara
Story:
Adi Nugroho
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