Soegija (2012)

Directed by

Garin Nugroho

Genre

drama film

Country

Indonesia

Runtime

1h 55m

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the life of national hero Albertus Soegijapranata during Indonesia's National Revolution from 1940 to 1949. It focuses on the personal choices and ordinary experiences of people from Indonesia, Japan, and the Netherlands instead of battle scenes.

historicalcontemplativehumanisticmeasuredintimatereflectivegroundedseriouseveryday

What happens

Soegija is an epic history drama of Indonesia, directed by the senior director of Indonesia Garin Nugroho, about national hero Albertus Soegijapranata. The film, starring actors with a diversity of cultural backgrounds, is launched in Indonesia on 7 June 2012. With a budget of around Rp 12 billion ($1,2 million), the film became the most expensive movie directed by Garin Nugroho so far. The film was produced with the format that takes the story from the diary of the National Heroes character Mgr. Soegijapranata by taking the background Indonesian National Revolution and the establishment of the United States of Indonesia during the period 1940–1949. The film was directed by veteran director Garin Nugroho and shot within the regional background of Yogyakarta and Semarang. Soegija is not a regular war movie with much combat, but describes the humanity behind the war. It shows how different people from Indonesia, Japan and the Netherlands, civil and military, were dealing with everyday life. Why those people made the choices they made, because of the different backgrounds they all came from. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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