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‘Habibie & Ainun 3’ the final chapter of a lasting love story
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Press talk: Indonesian actress Marcella Zalianty smiles during a visit to The Jakarta Post to talk about her latest film. (JP/Wienda Parwitasari)
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cheduled for release on Dec. 19, Habibie & Ainun 3 is the final installment of a trilogy immortalizing the heartfelt moments between Indonesia’s third president BJ Habibie and his wife Hasri Ainun Besari.
The title of the film, however, does not give it the justice it deserves as some predict it will outshine its two predecessors in production quality, budget and viewership.
The passing of Habibie, a plane engineer and technocrat, last Sept. 11 could be a factor into why people might flock to the theaters, but there are also other things worth noting about the film.
One of these things is the storyline.
The first film in the trilogy, Habibie & Ainun (2012), was made as an adaptation of a book of the same name written by the former president after the passing of Ainun in 2010. Habibie wrote it as a memento of their 48 years of marriage, including the years in which he took on the role as caregiver of his wife.
The second film, Rudy Habibie (2016), a prequel, depicts a young, intelligent and nationalistic Habibie during his studies in Germany, where his dreams of building an aircraft industry in Indonesia grow. It also depicts his romantic involvements with a foreign student.
