New Year’s Eve is a time of celebration for families all around the world, but it’s not for a family cursed with greed. Azhar Lubis’ Indonesian horror The Verge of Death basically tells you what happens when you make a deal with the devil. From Victorian literature to contemporary pop culture, a deal with the devil is always a fascinating idea to explore. This Lubis directorial is less about jumpscares, more about the consequences one must bear.
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Mr. Suyatno’s family is suffering, with his wife having an incurable disease. Yoga and Nadia, their children, are worried about their mother when she starts throwing up blood. Instead of giving her medications, Suyatno locks himself in a room and prays for his wife’s health. Moments after that, she seems fine and asks the family to join the dinner table. Nadia gets...
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What Happens In The Movie?
Mr. Suyatno’s family is suffering, with his wife having an incurable disease. Yoga and Nadia, their children, are worried about their mother when she starts throwing up blood. Instead of giving her medications, Suyatno locks himself in a room and prays for his wife’s health. Moments after that, she seems fine and asks the family to join the dinner table. Nadia gets...
- 4/6/2024
- by Aniket Mukherjee
- Film Fugitives
Indonesia’s cinema admissions grew by 14.5% year-on-year to reach 114.5 million in 2023, compared to 100 million the previous year, according to local box office analyst Bicara Box Office. That figure puts the market around 24% below the pre-pandemic figure of 152 million admissions in 2019.
Despite having a slow start to the year, local productions picked up the pace from September onwards and ended 2023 with 53.3 million admissions for a 48% market share, according to Bicara Box Office data.
In 2022, Indonesian films racked up 57 million admissions and a 56.5% market share, a year of fewer Hollywood releases, which also saw the record-breaking success of MD Pictures’ Kkn Di Desa Penari, which raked in 9.23 million admissions to become Indonesia’s biggest local film of all time (the film was also re-released in an extended version at the end of 2022 and the two versions combined pulled in more than 10 million admissions).
MD Pictures also produced the top Indonesian film in...
Despite having a slow start to the year, local productions picked up the pace from September onwards and ended 2023 with 53.3 million admissions for a 48% market share, according to Bicara Box Office data.
In 2022, Indonesian films racked up 57 million admissions and a 56.5% market share, a year of fewer Hollywood releases, which also saw the record-breaking success of MD Pictures’ Kkn Di Desa Penari, which raked in 9.23 million admissions to become Indonesia’s biggest local film of all time (the film was also re-released in an extended version at the end of 2022 and the two versions combined pulled in more than 10 million admissions).
MD Pictures also produced the top Indonesian film in...
- 1/5/2024
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
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