The best Sapto Soetardjo’s movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Sapto Soetardjo’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Sapto Soetardjo.
27 Steps of May
7.9/10
Eight years ago, 14 year old May was raped by a group of men. May’s father is devastated, blaming himself for not being able to keep his daughter safe. Traumatized significantly by this incident, May withdraws completely from life.
Fiction.
7.7/10
When a sheltered young woman becomes enamored with a struggling writer, she goes to great lengths to become involved in his creative process.
The Gathering
7.3/10
Between divorce, bad relationships and coming out as gay, a group of affluent friends realize that none of their lives are as easy as they seem.
Joni's Promise
7.6/10
A film delivery man promises a beautiful young woman to deliver a film to a movie theater. But the whole city seems to conspire against him.
Takut: Faces of Fear
5.6/10
"Takut" was born from the Komodo Films, and is a compilation of short horror films from seven directors who produced six film segments in one anthology. The short film was directed sequentially by Rako Prijanto, Riri Riza, Ray Nayoan, Robby Ertanto, Raditya Sidharta, and The Mo Brothers (Kimo Stamboel & Timo Tjahjanto).
The Gathering 2
6.4/10
A group of friends reunites for a vacation amid nature, where they laugh about their shared history and bond over difficult truths.
3 Nafas Likas
The story of a woman named Likas who gets special accomplishments and successes, as she holds fast to pledge to the three most important people in her life: her father Ngantari, her brother Njohre, and her husband Djamin. In Karo, North Sumatra, there is a custom: when a woman has to work, then the disgrace belongs to the family. However, Likas still wants to move forward. Therefore she opposes the custom. She attends school because she wants to be a teacher. She looses her mother because of stress. With the help of her brother, she could become a teacher.
Naruto Bersyukur
A short film by Marsha Timothy, adapted from short story “Naruto Bersyukur” by Pidi Baiq.
Lima
7/10
An inter-faith family come to a conflict when the mother, Maryam, died. The children (Fara, Aryo, and Adi) and the housemaid (Ijah) debating on how Maryam will get buried. When Maryam's funeral problem get solved, turns out that other problems still haunting them one by one.
Ratu Kostmopolitan
5.9/10
Three women who lives in a boarding house in Jakarta has to deal with a group of thugs who wants them out of their humble abode.
Riuh
Riuh tells the story of a group of residents in an alley in the corner of Jakarta who were given socialization to be aware of the virus. Although this pandemic has claimed many victims, there are still a number of parties who doubt the existence of this virus that spreads, one of which is through touch.
Rayya, Cahaya Di Atas Cahaya
7.9/10
Rayya is a great artist, diverse talents. She's an actress, musician, singer, and even a model. The glamorous world that many people dream of is already in the grip. The arrogance that usually comes with success was embraced. But, the success of weakening Rayya was 'dumped', the momentum was the trigger that turned Rayya's confusion into a plan to stop his own life. about him with the hope that in the end there will be nothing left. Arya is a middle-aged photographer who also has her own problems. The man who found a way out of his problem thanks to Rayya. Both of them proceed together to find light above light
Chants of Lotus
7.8/10
This is an omnibus film, directed by 4 females and consists of 4 stories about women.
