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Salawaku

2017 · 82 min

A quiet, heartfelt journey through island landscapes, carrying a gentle sadness and hope as strangers become companions.

Directed by: Pritagita Arianegara
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Elko Kastanya, Karina Salim, JFlow

Tagline: LIVING MEANS, TO LEAVE AND BE LEFT
Overview: A road movie about a boy, Salawaku, and a wealthy modern metropolitan woman from Jakarta, named Saras, on a journey to find Salawaku's lost sister.

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Directed by: Pritagita Arianegara
Genres: Drama, Family
Starring: Elko Kastanya, Karina Salim, JFlow

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
grief
isolation
healing
identity
Places: countryside
road trip
small town
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	0
Humour	3
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, family
Directed by: Pritagita Arianegara
Written by: Iqbal Fadly, Titien Wattimena
Starring: Elko Kastanya, Karina Salim, JFlow, Raihaanun, Semy Touwe, Johana Molle, Axel Selanno, Ricardo Salelua
Music: Siska Salman
Cinematography: Faozan Rizal
Runtime: 82 min
Country: Indonesia
Languages: Indonesian

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