Ayu Laksmi

After dying from a strange illness that she suffered for three years, a mother returns home to pick up her children.

Tales of supernatural sci-fi phenomena unfold in this collection of seven mind-bending, interconnected stories imagined by writer-director Joko Anwar.

Arga, unemployed for three years, is a constant source of family ridicule every Eid. Pressured by difficult economy, marriage, his younger sibling's college tuition, and plans to sell his grandmother's house, he struggles to find work to prove himself.

After moving from their home to an apartment building, a new terror awaits Rini’s family.

Set in 1965, a young couple fights to stay together as escalating violence and their opposing political backgrounds threaten to tear them apart.

A Javanese royal and half-Dutch woman fall in love as Indonesia rises to independence from colonial rule.

In her last year of secondary school, a bright Indonesian student is determined to pursue her education and resist getting married, despite the expectations of her community.

Fate brought together Ode, a young man from Buton with big dreams, and Ade, a wanderer from Bali. Like two souls in love, they believed that fate would one day unite them. However, their journey was hindered by the presence of another man who shared the same faith as Ade, and Ode had to go to Jakarta to pursue his dreams. Will fate ultimately bring Ode and Ade together?

Ajo Kawir is a fighter who fears nothing, not even death. His raging urge to fight is driven by a secret: his impotence. When he crosses paths with a tough female fighter named Iteung, Ajo gets beaten black and blue, but he also falls head over heels in love. Will Ajo’s path lead him to a happy life with Iteung, and, eventually, his own peace of mind?

This biographical drama about Indonesia's first president recounts his nationalist crusade to seize independence from Dutch colonial rule.

Sparks fly when a fashion blogger in Bali meets a gifted shoemaker, leading her to question her commitment to her fiancé.

A happy family whose lives complement each other. While celebrating his wedding anniversary with his family, a rich businessman was suddenly surprised by the appearance of a mysterious woman who claimed to be his biological child, Tika. Until finally the division in the family was inevitable. Behind all that, there is a big secret about Tika's identity.

Tantra and Tantri are inseparable. When they secretly steal eggs from the family’s sacrificial offering, Tantri always gets the whites and Tantra the yolks. One day, however, the yolk is missing, as is Tantra. Her brother gravely ill and in hospital, Tantri starts slipping into magical parallel worlds, approaching the inevitable farewell through costumes, body paint and dance. When at one point Tantri’s mother washes the paint from her face, it is as if tenderly to expel the illusion that things can remain as they are. In long dream sequences and against the background of the Balinese philosophy of sekala – the seen – and niskala – the unseen – Andini relates how one ten-year-old girl deals with parting and grief.

The story follows three women in Bali, each facing their own life challenges. Maharani is a woman searching for her biological mother. Nian is a celebrity trying to escape her family troubles. Meanwhile, Dewi is a radio announcer who must confront the harsh realities of her life. These three women embark on a journey in Bali to find the meaning of life and peace within themselves.

Words of poetry spell certain death when a young woman grows increasingly distraught after a string of unusual murders take place.

Kota, trapped in a confined space, watches her friend Alam dance freely in nature. Alam’s graceful movements reflect the harmony with the environment. In contrast, Kota’s dance is a desperate response to her restrictive surroundings, mirroring her mother’s struggles. As Alam extends a hand of friendship, Kota gradually breaks free from her confinement, learning to embrace the natural world and dance harmoniously with her friend.

Depicts Hamka's childhood in Maninjau, West Sumatra, where he showed a great interest in tradition and literature, despite neglecting his education at the pesantren and often clashing with his father. After his mother divorced his father, Hamka went to Mecca to learn about organization, the hajj manasik system, and to pursue his life's greatest mission, building Islam in Indonesia. However, Hamka still struggled with his father and met Siti Raham, an extraordinary woman who became his greatest inspiration in life.

The story of a young couple named Andry and Wati who have just received a job to take care of a grandmother who is about to have a birthday. But who would have thought, the grandmother actually suddenly died on the first day Andry and Wati took care of her. After the death, it seems that Andry and Wati have to face the terror of their grandmother, who apparently has a hidden secret.

Krisna, a young man from a wealthy family who has just returned from studying abroad, falls in love at first sight when he sees Indira, a singer, at his family's café. Indira reciprocates his feelings, and they fall in love and begin a secret relationship because their relationship is opposed by Krisna's mother, Gayatri, who tries to separate them by sending Krisna to Korea. Krisna is overjoyed when he learns that Indira is pregnant with their love child, but Gayatri finds out about the pregnancy and forces Indira to abort the child, as Gayatri does not want their extended family and business associates to know that their grandchild is going to be born from the womb of a café singer.

A grandmother decided to become a hermit in the middle of the forest. One day, his children and grandchildren came to visit. The 3.5-year-old granddaughter doesn’t want to go home and wants to stay with his grandmother to live and play in the forest. Day after day they spent together, until finally the granddaughter entered a forbidden area in the forest, making it difficult for her to find her way home. The grandmother failed to find her granddaughter and she decided to continue her meditation. After meeting the forest spirit guard who was carrying out a rite, the granddaughter managed to find her way home by following a puppy who led her to meet her grandmother again. Unfortunately, this time her grandmother never woke up again from samadi.