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Anak Ambar (2020)

Anak Ambar poster
Directed by
Melvin Giovanie
Genre
horror film
Country
Indonesia
Runtime
15 min
Elsewhere
IMDb
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A mother keeps the spirit of her stillborn child alive using objects. She stays with her daughter and son-in-law who rejects her beliefs and forbids the items in his house. Strange events start to happen.

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What happens

Anak Ambar is a 2020 Indonesian short horror film. It was directed by Melvin Giovanie and written by Fanny Gunawan. The film tells a story about the belief of a mother who preserve the spirit of her stillbirth child (ambar child) by using attributes. Strange events begin to emerge when she temporarily stays with her eldest daughter, Mita, and Ferry, her son-in-law who does not accept her belief and disallow her to bring the ambar child's attributes into their house. The short film was released on January 15, 2020. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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