Hanung explained in his photo captions that there would be a lot of Dutch characters in the movie, and he didn’t want the characters to be played by Caucasian-looking Indonesians just so that they can speak Indonesian.

“No. The Dutch actors, apart from having to speak Dutch in the film, as to how it’s written in the novel, have to be able to speak Indonesian too,” he said.

 

Casting #bumimanusiathemovie di Belanda. Di Film ini banyak sekali peran Belanda. Dan saya tidak mau kali ini peran orang Belanda dimainkan oleh pemain Indonesia berwajah Bule hanya agar Bisa berbahasa Indonesia. Tidak. Aktor2 Belanda itu disamping berbahasa Belanda di Film, sebagaimana tertulis di Novel, mereka juga harus Bisa bahasa Indonesia juga.

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The director, who won the Indonesian Film Festival’s Citra Award for Best Director (Brownies in 2005 and Get Married in 2007), also posted the casting announcement on his Instagram account that Saturday.

 

Please Join 😁

A post shared by Hanung Bramantyo (@hanungbramantyo) on Jun 2, 2018 at 6:06am PDT

Filming will begin in July at Studio Alam Gamplong in Yogyakarta, Semarang, Central Java, and the Netherlands.

(mut)

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