Ayu Laksmi

The massacre tragedy was carried out by the PKI against 62 youths who were members of the Ansor Youth Movement. They were killed by poisoning before being thrown into a well.

"Hamka" is the first of three volumes. Before becoming a figure known to many people, Hamka has gone through several changes, starting from childhood, adolescence, to starting a family.

The story of a young couple named Andry and Wati who have just received a job to take care of a grandmother who is about to have a birthday. But who would have thought, the grandmother actually suddenly died on the first day Andry and Wati took care of her. After the death, it seems that Andry and Wati have to face the terror of their grandmother, who apparently has a hidden secret.

The story of Ranum, who is always tricked by the sweet words of men who then betray her and later ends with death by a mysterious figure. Ranum’s family drama revolves around deceit; it is poetic, romantic, and hilarious which instantly turns into terror. Ranum decides to keep looking for true love, which is beautiful and brings kindness to ward off the tragedy she has experienced. Who is the figure who spreads the vile terror, and can Ranum find her love?

After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family.

A happy family whose lives complement each other. While celebrating his wedding anniversary with his family, a rich businessman was suddenly surprised by the appearance of a mysterious woman who claimed to be his biological child, Tika. Until finally the division in the family was inevitable. Behind all that, there is a big secret about Tika's identity.

In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.

Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret: his impotence. When he crosses paths with a tough female fighter named Iteung, Ajo gets beaten black and blue, but he also falls head over heels in love. Will Ajo’s path lead him to a happy life with Iteung, and, eventually, his own peace of mind?

Sparks fly when a fashion blogger in Bali meets a gifted shoemaker, leading her to question her commitment to her fiancé.

A Javanese royal and half-Dutch woman fall in love as Indonesia rises to independence from colonial rule.

Tantra and Tantri are inseparable. When they secretly steal eggs from the family’s sacrificial offering, Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra the yolks. One day, however, the yolk is missing, as is Tantra. Her brother gravely ill and in hospital, Tantri starts slipping into magical parallel worlds, approaching the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint and dance. When at one point Tantri’s mother washes the paint from her face, it is as if tenderly to expel the illusion that things can remain as they are. In long dream sequences and against the background of the Balinese philosophy of sekala – the seen – and niskala – the unseen – Andini relates how one ten-year-old girl deals with parting and grief.

After the death of Rini's mother, something is disturbing her family.

This biographical drama about Indonesia's first president recounts his nationalist crusade to seize independence from Dutch colonial rule.

Three women looking for answers of their life in Bali.

A grandmother decided to become a hermit in the middle of the forest. One day, his children and grandchildren came to visit. The 3.5-year-old granddaughter doesn’t want to go home and wants to stay with his grandmother to live and play in the forest. Day after day they spent together, until finally the granddaughter entered a forbidden area in the forest, making it difficult for her to find her way home. The grandmother failed to find her granddaughter and she decided to continue her meditation. After meeting the forest spirit guard who was carrying out a rite, the granddaughter managed to find her way home by following a puppy who led her to meet her grandmother again. Unfortunately, this time her grandmother never woke up again from samadi.

"Buya Hamka" is the second of three volumes. Before becoming a figure known to many people, Hamka has gone through several changes, starting from childhood, adolescence, to starting a family.