JERMAL (JERMAL)

Indonesia - 2008 - 35 mm, 88 min.

Director:
  RAVI L. BHARWANI, RAYYA MAKARIM
Script: Rayya Makarim
Production: Ecco Films Indonesia, Motel Films BV
Cast: Didi Petet, Iqbal S. Manurung, Yayu A.W. Unru, Chairil A. Dalimunthe
Section:
  Focus On SE Asia
Screenings:
Cines Aribau Club 2 - 03/05 - 18:00
Cines Aribau Club 2 - 07/05 - 18:00

The film is set on an offshore fishing rig, locally known in North Sumatra as "jermal". Events on the platform are told from the perspective of the 12-year-old boy Jaya. His father is the large and ungainly Johar, the boss of a fishing platform, who wants nothing to do with him, not even in fact recognizing him as his son. Jaya has to carry on doing the same slave labor as the other boys on the platform. There begins a cruel initiation to adult life. Child labor and a harsh life form the background for a beautiful story about a boy who finally finds his father.

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