Position Among the Stars

Original title: Stand van de sterren

2010
1h 55m

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

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Documentary History

Position among the Stars, the final part of a trilogy, follows the award- winning documentaries Eye of the Day and Shape of the Moon (Joris Ivens Award IDFA 2004 - World Cinema Documentary G... Read allPosition among the Stars, the final part of a trilogy, follows the award- winning documentaries Eye of the Day and Shape of the Moon (Joris Ivens Award IDFA 2004 - World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize Sundance 2005). Through the eyes of grandmother Rumidjah, a poor old Chris... Read allPosition among the Stars, the final part of a trilogy, follows the award- winning documentaries Eye of the Day and Shape of the Moon (Joris Ivens Award IDFA 2004 - World Cinema Documentary Grand Jury Prize Sundance 2005). Through the eyes of grandmother Rumidjah, a poor old Christian woman living in the slums of Jakarta, we see the economical changing society of Indon... Read all

Director
- Leonard Retel Helmrich
Writers
- Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
- Leonard Retel Helmrich

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.9/10

310

YOUR RATING

Director
- Leonard Retel Helmrich
Writers
- Hetty Naaijkens-Retel Helmrich
- Leonard Retel Helmrich

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 wins & 12 nominations total

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Documentary, really?

"Stand van de Sterren" means "Position of the Stars" not "Position among the Stars".

I would not call this a documentary. I mean the scenes are obviously set up and acted. For example: A boy takes some shirts and runs through the alleyways followed by the camera. But as he turns into a street, the camera rises up above the rooftops to follow him running into the distance. Maybe my own expectations that a documentary should portray true events is too narrow, I don't know.

I found the selfishness displayed by some of the characters depressing. The inability of others to recognize this behavior for what it was could only be explained by stupidity. This is not my idea of entertainment but, of course, this is a documentary.

I read that this film has won the IDA-Humanitas Award so it must be a good representation of life in the slums of Jakarta. Or maybe it was the final touching scene, which makes you think about what is really important, that earned the prize.