The Science of Fictions
(Hiruk-Pikuk Si-Alkisah)
Year: 2019
Country:
INDONESIA, MALAYSIA, FRANCE
Language:
Indonesian
Run Time:
106 minutes
In 1960s Indonesia, Siman, a local farmer, stumbles upon a foreign film crew shooting a fake moon landing. When he is caught, Siman’s captors cut off his tongue in order to bury the truth. Fifty years later, the trauma of that night keeps him tethered to the past. Siman moves through his daily life in slow motion, fighting gravity as if an astronaut on the moon. He attempts to bare his secret to the local community, dancing in a space suit and living in a homemade spaceship-like structure in the middle of the woods. His antics may attract curious eyes, but will anyone believe Siman’s unspeakable truth? A global fable for the era of fake news, THE SCIENCE OF FICTIONS is steeped in the memory of Indonesia’s Sukarno era and a dreamlike reminder that authority’s ability to shape historical— and even personal—narratives did not come with the advent of the internet. (In Indonesian and Javanese with subtitles) — D.O.
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Accessibility (?)
Closed Captions: No
Audio Description: No
English Subtitles: No
Sidebar
Pan-Asian Cinema
Competition
International Narrative Competition
Director
Yosep Anggi Noen
Producers
Edwin Nazir, Arya Sweta, Yulia Evina Bhara, Yosep Anggi Noen
Screenwriting
Yosep Anggi Noen
Cinematography
Teoh Gay Hian
Editing
Akhmad Fesdi Anggoro, Yosep Anggi Noen
Principal Cast
Gunawan Maryanto, Ecky Lamoh, Yudi Ahmad Tajudin, Rusini
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