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Chasing the Sun (2004) [N/A]

Release Date:
July 22, 2004

Original Title:
Mengejar Matahari

Genres:
Drama

Production Companies:
Kipas Communication
SinemArt

Production Countries:
Indonesia

Ratings / Certifications:
 N/A

Runtime: 86

Friendship is every passing second... is living... is running...

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Mengejar Matahari is a coming of age tale of four childhood friends in a Jakarta ghetto whose bonds are tested as they grow into adulthood. They share a nightly ritual, "chasing the sun" (mengejar matahari), where they race through the ghetto, symbolically chasing their future. Their friendship becomes strained when Ardi and Damar fall in love with Apin's niece, Rara, just as a neighborhood bully is released from jail and seeks revenge. The film is both about the strength of friendship and a metaphor for the durability of the Indonesian archipelago.

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Art Department Assistant:
Don Vargas

Art Direction:
T. Moty D. Setyanto

Assistant Art Director:
Wencislaus de Rozari

Assistant Camera:
Yunus Pasolang

Assistant Makeup Artist:
Frida Hutabarat
Santi Dorantes

Co-Producer:
Mitzy Christina
Ferick Maliki
Cindy Christina

Director:
Rudi Soedjarwo

Director of Photography:
Ipung Rachmat Syaiful

Editor:
Sastha Sunu

Executive Producer:
Leo Sutanto

First Assistant Director:
Titien Wattimena

Idea:
Rudi Soedjarwo

Line Producer:
Daliono

Makeup Artist:
Susan Paloma Dorantes

Music Director:
Andi Rianto

Producer:
Dian Hehanussa

Script Supervisor:
Ade Rahmawati

Second Assistant Director:
Nicko Situmorang

Sound Designer:
Maman Sumantri

Sound Recordist:
Adityawan Susanto
Adi Molana Machmud

Story Developer:
Titien Wattimena
Dian Hehanussa
Osa Sutardi
Akmal Nasery Basral
Putri Sukardi
Rako Prijanto
Rudi Soedjarwo
Tian Pranyoto Gafar

Third Assistant Director:
Rossaria K.

Writer:
Titien Wattimena

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