Director: Ucu Agustin
Cinematographer: Rudolph Angelo Ratulangi
Editing: Bernardes Salvano
Sound: Ferry Ardiyan
Contact:
PT Kalyana Shira Films
JC Bunga Mawar N° 9
Cipete Selatan
RI - Jakarta
Tel: +62 21 750 3223
Fax: +62 21 769 4318
Mail: [email protected]
Year: 2008
Beta SP, Color, 28 min,
OV Bahasa with English and French electronic subtitles
French Premiere
The story portrays two young, impoverished women, Nur and Mira. They have been deserted by their husbands and left to bring up their children. Poverty pushed them to become sex-workers where they are forced to accept 10,000 rupiah ($ 1.00) as payment for having sex with each man. They can earn 20,000 to 50,000 rupiah per evening depending on how many men they service. They work in the evening in the Gunung Bolo Chinese Cemetery. Apart from the threats to their health, they face entrapment by the "kiwir-gendakan", (temporary boyfriends, who act also as kinds of pimps, who live with them and are prone to exploit them and beat them). They also face raids from the police. They face imprisonment, which means they will not be able to look after their children. To earn money, Nur and Mira also work splitting stones. They work hard to try to make sure their children will have better lives than themselves.
