Movies by Slamet Rahardjo

Bila Esok Ibu Tiada
It tells the story of a family with four children consisting of 1 boy and 3 girls. The four children are very dependent on their parents, especially their mother. Until one day, these four siblings had to accept the fate of their mother's passing.

How Funny (This Country Is)
Three freshly graduated adults try to educate young beggars to become street vendors, but are opposed by their fathers.

Grave Torture
When a violent act kills her parents, Sita vows to debunk the idea of supernatural torment after death — a fixation that leads her on a dark quest.

Cinta Tak Pernah Tepat Waktu
Writer Daku is faced with the choice of immediate marriage, but always loses in romance. Unfortunately, his girlfriend Nadya accepts a proposal from another man. By force, Daku has to meet other girls, including his mother's choice, which he then insisted on rejecting.

Hell Torture
Four siblings, Saleh, Fajar, Tyas and Azizah, have heard stories about heaven and hell since childhood. They were educated strictly by their father, a young ustad who was well respected in the village. One night, on their way to the opposite village without their parents knowing, Saleh and his younger siblings were swept away by a strong river current and disappeared. Saleh then woke up in another realm, the hell that his father always talked about. A search is carried out in the world to find the father's children, whether alive or dead. On...

Ghost Writer
An old diary containing dark secrets found by Naya, a novelist who has out of ideas for 3 years. This book is a good material for her latest novel, but something unexpected starts to happen.

Tjoet Nja' Dhien
Set in 1896, "Tjoet Nja' Dhien" celebrates one of Indonesia's great heroes who fought for independence from the Dutch. The pious Muslim people of Aceh, a city that had flourished since ancient times as a trade port, enter into a fierce war with the Dutch. Tjoet Nja' Dhien, the widow of a rebel leader operating in Aceh in Sumatra, assumes the leadership when her husband Teuku Uma is killed in an ambush. Dhien's charismatic presence and power of survival motivate the locals to join and later continue their opposition to the Dutch. Despite pers...

Filosofi Kopi
The level-headed owner of a struggling coffee shop finds his future at risk when his partner -- a talented but cocky barista -- makes a major bet.

The Enlightener
Returning from Mecca, Darwis changes his name to Ahmad Dahlan as he is disturbed by the trend of Islamic laws in his society; that borders on heresy, Syrik (polytheism), and Bid’ah (wrong innovation). Using a compass, he proves that the direction of Qibla (that points to Mecca), in the Great Mosque of Kauman is wrong. The discovery angers every Kyai (Islamic experts), especially the head of the Great Mosque of Kauman, Kyai Penghulu Cholil Kamaludiningrat. Dahlan, who studied in Mecca for five years, is seen as a rebel upstart. Since the prop...

Badai Pasti Berlalu
Siska, a young woman was heartbroken after her fiancé broke off their engagement. Unwilling to see his sister depressed, her brother Johnny introduced her to his friend Leo, who is known as a womanizer.

The Golden Cane Warrior
A martial arts master angers two of her protégés when she selects a third to take her post and the legendary weapon that comes with it.

Sweet 20
Adapted from Korean movie, Miss Granny, this movie tells a story of old woman that despise old-age that suddenly transform to a pretty girl with all her youth problems.

Pusaka
A group of workers is conducting a survey and calculating estimates for renovation and restoration. Including, listing historical items that should not be owned by private parties. However, the curse was released from an heirloom contained in the house's bunker, and ended up killing the humans inside one by one.
Gowok: Kamasutra Jawa
In Javanese culture, Gowok is a term for a woman hired to teach household and sexuality to teenage or pre-marriage boys. The groom's family rents a gowok for their son before marriage. Gowok will show one of them how to satisfy a wife and introduce a woman's body.

Whispering Sands
Berlian and her teenage daughter Daya are on the run from political violence. Constantly daydreaming that her absent father will return, young Daya chafes under the stern hand of her mother. Forced to move inland from their seaside home to a desert of constantly shifting sands, the pair settle down to their familiar antagonism. Finally, Daya sees a vaguely familiar face shuffle in from across the wasteland.

A Business Proposal
Faced with financial difficulties, Sari agrees to be a blind date stand-in for Yasmin, her best friend—unaware that her date turns out to be none other than Utama, the owner of the company where Sari works, whom she dislikes.

Behind the Mosquito Net
A portrait of newly married couple, Nurlela and Hasan, who have to live at the house of Nurlelas’s father. They do not have enough money to find a place of their own. Nurlela's father constantly compares Hasan negatively to his rich son-in-law Bakri (August Melasz), causes a friction between the young couple. Hasan and Nurlela fights when looking for their own way to be able to live independently. This situation makes them lie to each other, especially Hasan, who questions himself about his work and its environment. Hasan’s hard work to get...

Calon Bini
Ningsih is forced to marry Sapto by her father. She refuses the arranged marriage and fled away to Jakarta. She falls in love with the person she met on the internet.

Rahasia Rasa
Ressa, a successful chef renowned for his ability to identify flavors with just one taste, finds his life falling apart when he loses his sense of taste. In his despair, he reunites with Tika, a childhood friend who helps him rediscover flavors and passion through the legendary recipes of Mustikarasa. However, the secrets behind the book lead Ressa to a major dilemma: to rise again as a chef or risk his relationship with Tika.