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Jelita Sejuba

2018 · 105 min

A tender, patient romance about longing and duty that asks you to sit quietly with a young wife's loneliness and quiet strength.

Directed by: Ray Nayoan
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Putri Marino, Wafda Saifan, Aldy Maldini

Overview: Without dating, Jaka immediately proposes for Sharifah and they get married. However, the love story is not just about the meeting. Become wife of a soldier, she must learn to hold his longing whenever Jaka is assigned to the battlefield.

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Directed by: Ray Nayoan
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Putri Marino, Wafda Saifan, Aldy Maldini

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: love
isolation
survival
loyalty
family
Places: military
home
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	3
Horror	0
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	7
Tension	4
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Ray Nayoan
Written by: Jujur Prananto
Starring: Putri Marino, Wafda Saifan, Aldy Maldini, Mutiara Sofya, Yayu Unru, Nena Rosier, Ramadhan Alrasyid, Donny Alamsyah
Cinematography: Yoyok Budi Santoso
Runtime: 105 min
Languages: Indonesian

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