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Kejarlah Janji

2023 · 107 min

A warm, bittersweet family drama that mixes gentle humour with lingering grief and small-town political grudges.

Directed by
Garin Nugroho
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Cut Mini, Ibnu Jamil, Bima Zeno
Overview
Pertiwi, a strong and independent woman who took care of her three children: Adam, Sekar, and Isham until they became adults and left their hometown. Her husband died after losing the village head election against his rival, Janji Upaya. The children of Pertiwi, who blamed Janji Upaya for their father's death, harbored deep feelings of resentment towards Janji Upaya.

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Directed by
Garin Nugroho
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Cut Mini, Ibnu Jamil, Bima Zeno
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 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
  • betrayal
  • class
  • redemption
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Alim Sudio
Starring
Cut Mini, Ibnu Jamil, Bima Zeno, Shenina Cinnamon, Thomas Rian, Muhammad Abe, Asriuni Pradipta, Theresia Wulandari
Cinematography
Muhammad Firdaus
Runtime
107 min
Country
Indonesia
Languages
Indonesian

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