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Director:
Nan Triveni Achnas
Writer:
Nan Triveni Achnas
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Release Date:
21 January 2009 (USA) See more »
Genre:
Drama See more »
Plot:
Sita is an escort at a karaoke bar who struggles to raise money to send her daughter out of the city... See more » | Add synopsis »
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Awards:
3 wins & 3 nominations See more »
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
'Terribly Happy' tops Karlovy Vary fest
 (From The Hollywood Reporter. 13 July 2008, 1:00 PM, PDT)
43rd Karlovy Vary Intl. Film Festival Awards
 (From screeninglog. 13 July 2008, 7:50 AM, PDT)
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Kay Tong Lim ... Johan Tan
Shanty ... Sita
Lukman Sardi
Indi Barends
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Directed by
Nan Triveni Achnas 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Nan Triveni Achnas 

Produced by
Nan Triveni Achnas .... producer
Natacha Devillers .... co-producer
Shanty Harmayn .... producer
Paquita Widjaja .... producer (as Paquita Widjaja-Afief)
 
Original Music by
Sri Aksan Sjuman  (as Aksan Sjuman)
Titi Handayani Sjuman  (as Titi Sjuman)
 
Cinematography by
Yadi Sugandi 
 
Film Editing by
Sastha Sunu 
 
Sound Department
Satrio Budiono .... supervising sound editor
Handy Ilfat Ibrahim .... sound recordist
Xavier Marsais .... sound re-recording mixer
 

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Runtime:
94 min
Country:
Indonesia | France | Netherlands | Sweden | Switzerland
Language:
Indonesian
Color:
Color
Company:
Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)See more »

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Slow, touching examination of a relationship, 16 April 2011
Author: runamokprods from US

Touching, if a bit melodramatic, this Indonesian film about the growing friendship between a prostitute hiding from her violent pimp and a dying portrait photographer weighed down by a lifelong secret is lovely to look at, gentle, with a good heart. It's a film I wish I loved even more.

The intentions are wonderful, but the tendency to go over the top with the acting (especially the old man), and the fact you could see where the story was heading for quite a while kept a lid on my enthusiasm. So did the emotional distance of the style and very slow pace (and I love slow movies).

All that said, it was good enough that I will see it again, and discover if it pulls me in deeper next time, knowing ahead of time the very low-key approach to the story, and the slightly heightened performances (an odd, interesting contradiction there).

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