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Another Trip to the Moon (2015)

Another Trip to the Moon poster
Original title
Menuju Rembulan
Directed by
Ismail Basbeth
Genre
drama film
Country
Indonesia
Runtime
1h 20m
Rating
4.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A film with no dialogue that mixes science fiction elements like UFOs with primitive tribal life and normal modern objects such as televisions and city buses. Two main characters navigate this strange world, leaving the story open to the viewer's own interpretation.

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What happens

Another Trip to the Moon (bahasa Indonesia: Menuju Rembulan) adalah sebuah film fantasi eksperimental surealis Indonesia tahun 2015 yang disutradarai oleh Ismail Basbeth dalam debut penyutradaraannya, yang juga menulis skenario bersama BW Purbanegara. Film ini dibintangi oleh Tara Basro dan Ratu Anandita. Film ini memiliki konsep penyampaian cerita tanpa dialog sama sekali. Menurut sutradara film ini Ismail Basbeth, dengan jalan cerita yang surealis (memuat unsur fiksi ilmiah, seperti keberadaan UFO dan dipadukan dengan kehidupan ala suku primitif dari kedua tokoh utama film ini, tetapi juga makin ganjil dengan adanya elemen-elemen kehidupan normal pada umumnya seperti televisi, SPBU, dan bus kota), maka penonton bisa dengan bebas menerjemahkan jalan cerita sesuai dengan imajinasi mereka. Film ini berkompetisi di Tiger Awards Competition, di kategori utama pada International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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