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Boy Crush

2009 · 12 min

A quiet, tender short that sits with a boy's confusion, gentle and a little awkward, like a memory of a fragile age.

Directed by: Sigi Wimala
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Wendy Arvida, Chiko, Nimas Ayu Kinasih

Overview: Anto is a soft spoken and uncomforming 15 year old boy with a long time crush, Rani. But after having several homoerotic dreams, involving a naked man, he became questioning his sexual orientation. Especially when his best friend, Rudi bluntly told Anto he might be gay for having those dreams.

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Directed by: Sigi Wimala
Genres: Drama, Romance
Starring: Wendy Arvida, Chiko, Nimas Ayu Kinasih

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Tone
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
friendship
Places: school
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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

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Genres: drama, romance
Directed by: Sigi Wimala
Written by: Indra Chandra, Sigi Wimala
Starring: Wendy Arvida, Chiko, Nimas Ayu Kinasih, Luthfi Sandy, Tina Roostiati, Maria Yaneke
Cinematography: Gunnar Nimpuno
Runtime: 12 min
Country: Indonesia
Languages: Indonesian

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