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Border

2011 · 115 min

A determined outsider pushes into a remote community and slowly confronts how little her confidence can fix.

Directed by
Rudi Soedjarwo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marcella Zalianty, Marcell Domits, Arifin Putra
Overview
Jaleshwari, ambitious and full of confidence. Volunteers to take on the responsibility to improve the performance of a corporate social responsibility (CSR) program concerning education that is stopped without explanation. She flies into a border area in the interior of Borneo and promises that within two weeks the problems will be solved.

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Directed by
Rudi Soedjarwo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Marcella Zalianty, Marcell Domits, Arifin Putra
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • work
  • class
  • identity
  • isolation
  • education
Places
  • countryside
  • wilderness
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Rudi Soedjarwo
Written by
Jajang C. Noer
Starring
Marcella Zalianty, Marcell Domits, Arifin Putra, Jajang C. Noer, Ardina Rasti, Piet Pagau, Tetty Liz Indriati
Runtime
115 min
Country
Indonesia
Languages
Indonesian

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