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Ketika Cinta Bertasbih (2009)

Ketika Cinta Bertasbih poster
Directed by
Chaerul Umam
Genre
drama film
Country
Indonesia
Runtime
2h
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A young Indonesian student at Al-Azhar University in Cairo finds himself in a love triangle with two women. He is torn between the daughter of an ambassador and a fellow master's student.

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What happens

Ketika Cinta Bertasbih is a 2009 Indonesian Islamic romance film directed by Chaerul Umam. Starring Cholidi Asadil Alam, Alice Norin, and Oki Setiana Dewi, it follows a young Indonesian student of Al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt, who is caught in a love triangle with the daughter of an ambassador and a master's student. Based on the novel of the same name by Habiburrahman El Shirazy, Ketika Cinta Bertasbih was released following the success of Ayat-Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love, 2008). Dissatisfied with the earlier adaptation of his novel, the filmmakers cast amateurs through a lengthy open audition process and emphasized the film's Islamic nature. Produced with a budget of approximately Rp 40 billion (USD 4 million), Ketika Cinta Bertasbih was released on 11 June 2009 to commercial success, becoming the best-selling Indonesian film of the year. The film received several awards, as well as a sequel and two television series. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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