Ahmad Jalidu

Movies

The Sound of Preeett
At a traditional market, Bowo and Susi are looking around. An old man, Agus, and his wife passing through the sudden smell of fart. Susi is getting angry because of that smell. Then Susi and some others in the market catch and punish Agus as they believed he is the one who farted in public. Agus and his wife have to admit and accept the accusation because they are very confused about the situation and don’t know what to do.
Nyai: A Woman from Java
Set in Indonesia's Dutch colonial era, in 1927, a young and beautiful woman lives with her sick and aged Dutch husband. This woman loses her own name and is called Njai, which means a foreigner's concubine, and realizes that she is living in a kind of prison, while she deals with loads of visitors to her residence. Director Garin Nugroho shows in a distinctive way how much effort a woman, deserted both by the colonial country's law and the colonized country's traditional culture, puts in to retain her dignity.
Soekarno
Tentara Peta
This biographical drama about Indonesia's first president recounts his nationalist crusade to seize independence from Dutch colonial rule.