A cassette tape holds more than music—it holds everything he tried to forget.
Rahman (50), a widower who lives alone at home, decided to move out of his house. The reason he moved from his house was because he wanted to forget all his memories with his wife, Dewi (45), who died 5 years ago. When he cleaned up and took care of the things that needed to be packed, the memories of those things resurfaced in his mind. Until one day, he found a cassette tape entitled "My Love", Rahman played it and suddenly the tape contained a recording of his wife's voice. Rahman's attempts to escape the memory of his wife led him to the point where he found what he needed all along.
Acting
Tyo Hartanto's silent grief—decades of marriage in a single exhale.
Direction
Mhd Farhan Abdillah stretches 10 minutes into an eternity of longing.
Director
Mhd Farhan Abdillah
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Indonesian cinema increasingly uses the short format to explore grief without the pressure of feature-length catharsis—Reka exemplifies this 'emotional snapshot' movement.
The cassette title 'My Love' deliberately echoes 90s Indonesian pop ballads, weaponizing nostalgic audio formats as emotional triggers.
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