Surat untuk bidadari = Letter to an angel.



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Title from title card. Parallel title from disc surface. Originally released as a motion picture in 1994. DVD player compatible. "PT. Cipta Televisi Pendidikan Indonesia, PT. Mutiara Era Nusa Film, PT. Gema Tondoi Barito, Perum Produksi Film Negara, Institut Kesenian Jakarta mempersembahkan"--opening credits. "Cerita diilhami oleh cerpen & novel Surat Buat Tuhan [oleh] Gregorio Lopez, Anak Desa Keluar Sekolah [oleh] Lao Hsiang, Orang Asing [oleh] Albert Camus"--opening credits. Board of Film Censors, Singapore: NC16. Director, Garin Nugroho ; Producers, A. Alatas Fahmi, Robert S. Sumendap, Benny V. Aboebakar, Amoroso Katamsi ; Executive Producer, Budiati Abiyoga ; Writer, Garin Nugroho, Armantano ; Sound Mixer, Icang Zaini, Hartanto, Indura ; Composer, Tony Prabowo ; Art Director, Satari S. K. ; Editor, Arturo G. Pradjawisastra ; Cinematographer, Winaldha E. Melalatoa ; Costumes, M. Cholis ; Makeup, Andy Marlan. Nurul Arifin, Adi Kurdi, Jajang Pamontjak, Monica Oemardi, Windi Prasetyo Utomo, Fuad Idris, Viva Westi Datuk, Ibrahim Ibnu, Raja Umbu Nggiku, Umbu Nuku Laratuka, Umbu Hotalili. In Indonesian and Sumbanese, with subtitles in English and Indonesian.

Title
Surat untuk bidadari = Letter to an angel.
Artist
Riyanto, Garin Nugroho, director.
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Video Recording
Abstract
This is the first film to be shot on Sumba island, one of the last bastions of pre-Hindu animism. Its story follows Lewa, a boy who believes in an angel that looks after the Earth. Having lost his mother early, Lewa writes to the angel for answers, but is frustrated with the lack of reply. After a tourist gifts him with a Polaroid, Lewa looks for his mother through this new medium. However, his incessant photography becomes the catalyst for conflict and violence on the island. The restoration of Letter to an Angel was made possible using two surviving 35mm release prints, one from the collection of Sinematek Indonesia, and the other from Japan Foundation that contained English and Japanese subtitles.
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No copying of this material is allowed.