Movies: El Manik

Betrayed by the Dutch colonial forces, Arana manages to escape along with his nephews Jamar and Suwo, the newborn sons of Hamza, one of the last Indonesian sultans fighting against foreign tyranny. In 1860, after wandering for years on the plains of ...

The story of Almayer, a Dutch trader struggling to survive in Malaysia at the turn of the 19th Century. His dream of finding a mythical gold mountain is challenged by his scheming wife, the colonial authorities, the political machinations of the loca...

To save her daughter, Fatima agrees to be sent to Malaya to work as a sex slave for Japanese soldiers. There, she joins with the resistance to help destroy a Japanese base, but finds herself taken prisoner and turned into a sex slave a second time af...

Balung Wesi was defeated in battle and is seeking revenge on Ki Sapu Angin, the teacher of Jaka Sembung, The Warrior. In mobilizing power to fight the Dutch, The Warrior makes the acquaintance of Bajing Ireng (Black Ninja)....

Three women from three different social, economic, and ethnic groups discuss their lives in polygamous household....

Ketika Cinta Bertasbih berfokus pada perjalanan tokoh Azzam (M. Cholidi Asadil Alam), seorang mahasiswa Indonesia yang menuntut ilmu di Universitas Al Azhar Kairo-Mesir. Kuliahnya tertunda selama 9 tahun setelah ayahnya meninggal dunia, sehingga demi...

Anton is a student leader at his campus. His friends expect him to face the despotism of their lecturer, Yusnita. Anton takes this challenge without considering the risk of falling in love with Yusnita, their biggest enemy....

Siti Zahrana’s academical success makes her parents worried. Zahrana hasn’t married by her early thirties. There have been many men who solicited her, but she has refused them all politely. Zahrana’s conflicting issues spring up: to follow her parent...

A little boy is told the tale about the development of Jakarta, when a village was divided into two, and causing the people to oppose each other. On one side, there is Anton while the other side is lead by Mahmud. Maulana, the village boy whom Anton ...

Di sebuah pesantren di Kediri, ada seorang pemuda bernama Syamsul (Dude Herlino) yang rela meninggalkan kehidupannya yang cukup nyaman demi tekadnya untuk belajar menuntut ilmu dan bergabung dalam pesantren.Kehidupan dalam pesantren membuatnya dekat ...

The story of Indonesia's fight for independence from the Dutch....

The poet Ibrahim Kadir plays himself in a political drama about his arrest and incarceration in Aceh in the 1960s. Kadir survived the mass murder of suspected communists by the Indonesian government that cost between 500,000 and two million lives....

Andy, a high school student, suffers from frustration. He did not receive love from his stepmother. His father, who is a director, is also busy. Andy's frustration increases when he catches his stepmother cheating on him. He ran away and was taken in...

Santoso signs an agreement with Ghozal, a bandit, to blow up his own factory in order to get compensation from his insurance. The plan fails when Ghozal enters the factory and the security alarm rings. The security guards act promptly but Ghozal mana...

The film is a "reconstruction" of the real event of Sum Kuning’s rape that happened 10 years before, and sums up the lack of justice in the Indonesian courts. Sumirah, is raped by four vandals but during the investigation, the event is given a ridicu...

Grey and Neyna Neviana’s close friendship loosens when Grey's family move to Jakarta. After being separated for nine years, Neyna and Grey reunite during the student orientation in college. Neyna is a college freshman while Grey is a sophomore who lo...

A horror film based on mysticism, Gumara comes to the village of Kumayan to become a teacher. He is also looking for his biological father. Since his arrival, he has to face many strange things. Even a visit to Lebai Karat causes Gumara to deal with ...

Dewi, who has many love problems with her boyfriends, falls into the arms of Dayan, her boss, who also has a problem after becoming a successful businessman. Being told by his doctor that he has only a few months left to live, he suddenly feels the e...

Since childhood, Nanin’s parents taught her to be a pious woman and show devotion to her husband. But Nanin has difficulties in expressing it, although her marriage with Hendrawan has been blessed with two children. As a husband, Hendrawan neglects h...

Bintang Kejora, an adventurer, is a drug seller who is boastful. He is blacklisted everywhere for being a fraud. One time he comes to a drought-stricken village, merely to see a girl he caught a glimpse of, sticking her head out of the window of a pa...