Director-writer Mouly Surya and actor Jerome Kurnia discuss their theatrical adaptation of the Mochtar Lubis classic and why complicated people make an "interesting" cinematic experience.
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3 years agoThe sheer number of COVID-19 deaths has made it easy to forget that behind the statistics lie stories lived by individuals who could and should have continued on. In “People, not numbers”, The Jakarta Post remembers their lives through the eyes of those who knew them best.
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