A 60-minute hostage thriller where the real enemy might be the past itself.
Yoko, the only daughter of Pak Pras, a retired soldier, was taken hostage with her school friend, Damar. The hostage taker's demands were to ask for some money from Pras and his members who had previously been involved in a military operation. The anti-terror police are trying to negotiate with the hostage-taker so that there are no victims. The anti-terror police involved Damar's father and the school to launch the negotiation process.
Acting
Shareefa Daanish anchors the chaos with quiet authority.
Direction
Prastowo squeezes maximum dread from minimal locations.
Writing
Twisted hostage demands that reframe every character's guilt.
Director
Dyan Sunu Prastowo
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Reflects Indonesia's ongoing reckoning with military human rights abuses, particularly from the New Order era operations rarely discussed officially.
Director Prastowo cast actual military veterans in supporting roles; Komandan's nervous tic was improvised by actor Adnan Putra Djani after meeting real anti-terror negotiators.
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