Damien Dematra

Obama Anak Menteng is a 2010 biopic drama film written and directed by Indonesian author Damien Dematra in collaboration with John de Rantau. The film is based on Dematra's novel by the same name. Both the book and the film are a fictionalized account of the childhood of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States, who lived in Indonesia from 1967 to 1971.

The little Syafii Maarif struggled to survive in order to get higher education in the culture where education is considered irrelevant.

The passion and dream of Barack Obama, the president of the United States, inspired Hendra. He instilled the power of that dream in his granddaughter, Margareth, who he sent to Assisi Elementary School, where the president used to go to school.

Atikah, a young doctor who is sweet, sincere, cheerful, and super busy, lives happily with Mutiara, her only sister who suffers from lupus.

Syahnagra, an old painter, has a creative block so he hires a beautiful young model. Instead of getting his creativity back, he gains a complex love problem that twists his soul, but it’s a love that transcends all boundaries.

Five teenage best friends from town: the daredevil Natasha, the foppish Diana, the dupable Davina, Kathy the poet girl, and the cuckoo sissy boy Rhonda decide to spend their holiday in a secluded villa in Puncak Mountain.

Mella is haunted by memories of her sister who is suspected of being autistic. The younger brother died in a car accident. Mella became close to the autistic teenagers.