Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly
yes, I didn't make that up. that's the real title for an upcoming Indonesian film. weird, huh? but I'm sure it contains something to think about, something deep and meaningful, but I don't know what it is.
looking at the premise, this film will talk about Chinese generations in Indonesia. quite provocative and sensitive, i guess.
according to several sources, Blind Pig is about 8 characters in mosaics, connected to each other. all of them cover the same racial issue in Indonesia, regarding Chinese in several different backgrounds. probably this kind of style may be compared with the award-winning Babel and Crash for the satirical and nonlinear film.
apparently, this can be described as an innovation in Indonesian film industries; the uniqueness of the theme, the courage of the filmmaker to raise the sensitive issue (salute to Edwin), and the use of the unique title. however, I'm a bit worried that the government will have a reason to ban this film, because of the controversies that can be made out of it. yeah, a lot of bad things have happened in Indonesia and the people are too hypocrite to let them out of the cage.
looking at the cast, probably some of us have already known Ladya Cheryl, the chick from the old AADC school. recently, she was seen in one of Edwin's older project, an award-winning short film entitled Kara, Anak Sebatang Pohon. now, in this film, she is one of the main characters, together with several names, such as, Pong Hardjatmo, Carlo, Clairine Baharrizky, Lisa, Daren, Joko Anwar (yes, that kicking-ass filmmaker), Wicaksono, and Andhara Early (the lady in red in the first Indonesian Playboy cover).
for the location, after looking at the trailer, some of you will probably notice that this film takes place in several Chinese spots in Jakarta and Surabaya, including the old-and-famous Glodok, Pancoran, and Jembatan Merah Surabaya.
because of its tight budget, according to the source, the film needs to be entered to several international film festivals first, so that the filmmaker will be able to get the money to promote the film.
right now the film is still in its post-production, and by the end of the year, the filmmaker (and also me) hope the film is ready to be released. for more information about this film, just go to this site.
