14 minutes. One text. Your husband's in jail. What do you sell to save him?
Maria receives a text message informing her husband has been jailed for a drug case. She has to find some money for ransom. But her neighbours who get involved in the drug case have a different solution to get the money and put her daughter into a traumatized situation.
Acting
Mariana Resli's silent panic — eyes doing everything dialogue can't.
Direction
Sinung Winahyoko squeezes an entire tragedy into a phone screen's glow.
Director
Sinung Winahyoko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The title 'Hen' references Indonesian slang for a female informant or middleman in drug networks — Maria becomes one without ever choosing the role.
Winahyoko filmed in actual Jakarta low-income housing; neighbors in background scenes didn't know they were in a movie, adding documentary-level unease.
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