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Highly anticipated, Indonesia's first gay-themed mainstream movie


Many people can't wait to see this to movie come out. December? Ouch! That long! The promo materials already tickle me. It's a star-filled movie and the teaser trailer looks so funny, too. Even Nicholas Saputra and Dian Sastrowardoyo from "Ada Apa dengan Cinta" appear in cameos. For a Muslim country, this movie should stir some controversy. But judging from its makers, I think it's gonna worth it. This may even be a film event of the year.

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Indonesia's first gay movie? I think you've missed "Istana Kecantikan" which was made in 1986. You can also check it out on IMDB.

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Anticipated? This should be a little jokes from you right? Gay?? Do you think Gay should be anticipated? What a poor and out of date person you are. This film is good for straight and G. Bravo.......after a long time Indonesia movie is going down...........this is the fisrt Indonesian movie that I;ve seen. Not Ada Apa Dengan Cinta not Eifell I;m In Love.

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Hi there , i think the whole point of this board is merely to make point that, Indonesia is in fact coming out of the closet.

The fact that finally someone brave and accomplished like Nia Dinata have the guts to make a film that doesn't potray minority (be it race, religion, or sexual preferences) as a stuttering homosexual one dimensional comic "banci" character, such as been always potrayed in our poor production of sinetron .etc...
Nia instead opted to break the stereotype and actually tries to explore the psychological context of a gay protagonist, albeit in a light comedic theme...

And i think its about time, in this post-reformation era someone actually dare to take the risk of exposing such issues to the public, and this also comes from a film maker who happens to be a woman.


Aside from Arisan mbak Nia's previous credit is also the highly multi-layered "Cabaukan", again here, she actually tells a story of a minority culture in early days of Jakarta without actually exploiting or shedding some judgement over her characters, as a chinese-indonesian , I could not be more pleased, Lots of blessings to Mbak Nia , for I am sure she; along with Riri Riza, Mira, etc , will eventually lead this newly awaking Indonesian Film Industry to another level of breakthrough..

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