A poor, middle-aged Muslim archivist steals stationery from his office to support his family, only to find that the store to which he sells the stationery to is owned by his boss. He develops an obsessional guilt complex and compulsion to confess his dishonesty. A tragi-comedy, providing some incisive observations of the contemporary scene in Jakarta, in particular the gap between the rich and the poor. In Indonesian with English subtitles.
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Collection
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
507394
Language
Indonesian
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Indonesia - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Poor
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Poverty
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Working class in motion pictures
Feature films → Feature films - Indonesia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Poor
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)