2019 Film Festival
film synopsis
In 19th century Indonesia, after his brother Sultan Hamza is killed by Captain Van Trach and his Dutch soldiers in a brutal massacre, Arana spirits his infant nephews Jamar and Suwo away to America. Raised in the Wild West they learn the cowboy way of life while working on the railroads. after being caught in a barroom brawl, Arana decides it is time to take his nephews back home to avenge their father’s murder. In Java they rescue Siri, the daughter of the village head who immediately welcomes them into the community. While there, they find out that the locals are oppressed at the very hands of Captain Van Trach, the man who killed their father. Can they use the skills they have learnt in the West to defeat the sadistic Dutch colonial governor and avenge their father in a high noon shootout? This raucous anti-colonialist fantasy reminiscent of Django Unchained is the first Indonesian Western.
In competition for the FIPRESCI Award.