Story
A country girl forced into prostitution and an ageing photographer tormented by the shadows of his past are the protagonists in this emotional drama. After she is raped, 25-year-old Sita (Shanty) finds shelter with photographer Johan (Lim Kay Tong). While she cleans for him, she secretly dreams of learning photography to take over his business one day. Johan refuses to teach her, though – because she is a woman. The art of photography as an unusual means of a woman’s determination of identity.
Director
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The Photograph
Fiction Feature
Indonesian
Agenda 08 | FF2008
Indonesia
2007
94 min
OV
Nan Achnas
Lim Kay Tong, Shanty, Lukman Sardi, Indi Barends
Shanty Harmayn, Paquita Widjaja-Afief
Yadi Sugandi
Sastha Sunu
Aksan Sjuman, Titi Handayani
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