Panji Respati (born in Jakarta, February 22th 1995) is an indonesian filmmaker.
He is also known of film programmer and founder Cinema Darurat, a community film who make film screenings.
He also produces few short films and one of the most profilic filmmaker in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia.
The story revolves around Pras, a cafe barista who, that evening, wanted to invite one of his customers at the cafe where he works, Chery, to go somewhere. Unfortunately, Chery suddenly canceled the invitation without any clear reason, leaving Pras speechless. As time passed slowly that night, he began to reveal facts that left Chery astonished.
Tirja is now on the brink of despair after the inherited business from his late father collapsed under his care. At the same time, his younger sibling, Marni, never hesitates to blame him, calling Tirja a burden on the family. As the one-year anniversary of his father’s death approaches, Tirja tries to find purpose by attempting to catch a big fish from the river where he usually escapes from his problems at home. However, the river holds deeper secrets than he imagined, as he frequently encounters a mysterious old man who offers him an unexpected way out.
Indonesia's 1945 Constitution guarantees the independence of every citizen to embrace their religion and to worship according to their beliefs. Is it applied well in current day Indonesia?
A Moslem gay man who chose married with traditional way matchmaking called "ta'aruf". The problem started while his refuse for intimate time with his wife and still visiting his a closet friend after office hours.
Murni wants to be ronggeng but she doesn't want tradition to serve men keep going. With the help of Pandu, her educated little friend, they try lying to the public that Murni has opened "kelambu" with him. But the lie doesn't work smooth when she rejects other men who want to sleep with her and made all the citizens turn around insulted her. This made Pandu expelled, they thought educated people are against the culture and both of them finally separated.
In his unfortunate situation, living in poverty, and being belittled by others, Jantra promised his son Amar to buy a new house in a residential area near his village. After his divorce from Lastri, he still couldn't give up his bad habit of supernatural-lottery gambling (Togel). Even Jantra became increasingly obsessed.
A man reads a letter from his away girlfriend while he contemplates on some memorable places in Jakarta, where they had spent time together.