Still locked in blooming infancy ever since its revival almost a decade ago, the Indonesian film industry appears to be in a lockstep over the kind of movies they produce. Though this may change soon with the arrival of martial arts flick Merantau and the bloodbath slasher Macabre, both proven to be excitable around the world, most of the time, you can split Indonesian films into two categories: urban crowdpleasers that have very limited reach outside their shores, and thoughtful fringe dramas that find the most audience in the international arthouse lovers. Jermal falls into the latter category. After playing at several film festivals for the past two years, Indiepix picked it up for a straight-to-dvd Us release.
Jermal is a mood looking for a story. That need not be a bad thing, except that it thinks it has one. The film hangs onto one premise and keeps drawing it...
Jermal is a mood looking for a story. That need not be a bad thing, except that it thinks it has one. The film hangs onto one premise and keeps drawing it...
- 6/3/2010
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
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