Sunday, October 5, 2008
I just finished watching "Love" a film by some guy called Kabir Bhatia..I bought it cause' I saw Acha Septriasa in the movie ma..and all her movies are so GOOD..(Love is Cinta)..I cried in that one..and no mistake I cried for this film too...so sad okay?!...Watched it last night, 4 October =)
Indonesian film..I choose Malay/English subtitle...Disc quality so laoya wan! So many scratches..then my STUPID DVD player is "sensitive" to scratched discs I guess cause' keep jamming! But when I play on my laptop didn't really jam leh..but still got la..but at least better than the stupid DVD player..lousy brand one..Enzer =="
Anyways this story is about 5 different people in the same town, Jakarta who unexpectedly finds their love in the end
First couple: Nugroho and Lestari =)
Nugroho is a man who works as a primary school teacher teaching Bahasa Indonesia..Very likeable..everytime he pass always got "Selamat pagi, Pak Guru!" here and "Selamat pagi, Pak Guru!" there. One day, as he was on his way to the school, he saw a woman (Lestari) having trouble putting up a banner for her new gerai. He asks her whether she knows what happen to a shop where they baiki watches wan. Lestari told Nugroho that the watch shop move somewhere else and she bought the shop from the man who owned the watch repair shop..so now it's her gerai: Gerai Lestari..something liddat la..Then she was having trouble putting up a banner to promote her foods so Nugroho help her put lo..To show her gratefulness she chia Nugroho eat her gerai's soto ayam..Nugroho said soto ayam itu enak sekali and promised that he would come back to eat it again after school session ends. When Lestari saw him, he asked her again where the watch shop was. She told him once again, that the watch shop moved and it is now her stall. Later on, a man, Amir came to pick Nugroho up. Nugroho said it was his son. Lestari talked to Amir for a while. She told Amir that Nugroho seems as if he had forgotten all that had happened when he came for his second visit to her gerai. Amir then told Lestari that Nugroho was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, a disease that affects the brain: sometimes he remembers all, sometimes he forgets it all. Amir also told Lestari that Nugroho was not his father, but his grandfather and he was Arief, not Amir. Amir was his father. Lestari asked Arief when did Alzheimer's disease striked Nugroho. Arief told her ever since his father, Amir (Nugroho's son actually) died. Though, as time flies, Lestari grew to love Nugroho despite his disease..
Second couple: Tere and Awin
Tere Wijaya is a famous writer who falls in love with Awin, a man who works in a bookstore but has a passion and a talent for writing. Though, they both knew that love was what lies in between them, Awin wasn't ready to open his heart to love. However, Tere finds out about his talent and passion for writing and looked for a publisher for Awin to publish his stories. Awin, who was content with his life as just a man helping in a bookstore, was unhappy about what Tere did and shouted at her. Awin then decided to "stay away" from her (as..I think la)..he needed some time alone. When Awin's boss talked to Awin about this problem, he told Awin that the problem isn't Tere, but his life. Awin then realized his mistake and he then opened his heart to accept the love that Tere was giving him but yet he didn't realize until then. He then met with Tere and told her he loved her. She told him that she loved him too and they made up so yea..YAY! HAPPILY EVER AFTER! ^^...=="
Third couple: Rama and Iin
Rama works in a printing company. He met Iin when she passed out at the doorstep of his workplace. When she was conscious and better after taking the food and water Rama gave her, she told Rama that she was looking for a man named Heri Santosa, the guy who I guessed, she loved and actually decided to arrive at Jakarta just to look for him. When his rakan sekerjas told her that Heri quit his job and moved somewhere they didn't know, she then asked Rama's help to print out flyers to find out where Heri was. Later on in the movie, she met Heri in a shop and he had a new girlfriend with him. Of course, she was heartbroken. She slapped him and started hitting him but was stopped by Rama. Rama told her not to waste her time loving someone who didn't love her back but she told him off and left him. She wandered the streets for a few days, willing to go back to Rama's but afraid he won't accept her. She then collapsed outside his printing company (again) and this time she was bleeding. She was sent to the hospital and doctors confirmed she was two months pregnant (with Rama's child, I guess =/)..Oh ya! Rama let her stay in his house which was situated in the squatter areas, near the railway tracks. So, I guess the time spent with Rama grew to love and though Iin still loved Heri, she decided to forget about him as she knew that she really loved Rama. After she was discharged from the hospital, she told Rama she was leaving and as she was walking to the railway, Rama came out and told her that his place was where she belonged. Although he was angry, he realized that the child was his and he did love Iin actually =)
Fourth couple: Gilang and Miranda
Now here's a different situation. Gilang and Miranda is in their eighth year of marriage and has a Authistic daughter, Icha. When Gilang saw Miranda kissing another man, he was furious, hurt and betrayed. He didn't allow Miranda to go near Icha or to step into his house. As Icha was an Authistic child, she needs both her parents there for her. She became sad when she realized she wasn't going to see much of her mother. But one day, when Icha was in her school (for special children), Miranda came to see her. After school finished, Gilang took Icha into the car and asked her if she wanted to sit in front with him. When she didn't reply, Gilang turned back to see Icha looking at her mother who was waving at her. As Miranda turned away from her child after saying goodbye, she cried. She stopped when she heard her daughter calling her. When she turned around she saw her husband and her child. Gilang told Icha to follow her mother home and she ran into the arms of Miranda. Miranda mouthed a grateful "thank you" to him and he replied saying "Icha needs her mother too." When Gilang finally lets go of Miranda, he finds his true love at an art exhibition. The girl he used to fall in love with when he was a child. He recognized her when he saw the bracelet he made for her on her wrist. He used to say that when it comes undone, tell him as he would be the only one who could fix it but he never got to see her again until that day...
Fifth couple: Restu and Dinda
Restu falls in love with Dinda at first sight. He saw her when she went on the same bus as him. Dinda gets down at a nearer stop which left their meeting short. Though, a few days later, they met up with each other again. Restu just knew that Dinda was "the one" for him and at one time, he asked some passengers each to pass one yellow rose to her and lastly he himself handed her a rose and asked her to be his girlfriend. She didn't answer and instead walked away. Restu followed her until she stopped and he reached out to hold her hand. She was reluctant at first but then she finally gave in. Dinda was actually falling in love with this handsome guy (Restu is played by Irwansyah)..but she was afraid of something....One day, Restu met Dinda at a park and asked if she had accepted his love yet. She unbuttoned her blouse and placed his hand on her chest. She told him that she now didn't have something that other girls have and she told him that what he saw of her all along was fake and he chose the wrong person to love. Restu was so shocked that he pulled his hand quickly out. That hurt Dinda's feelings and she left. She then sat at the bus stop and pulled out the wig she wore everyday. She threw it on the floor and drowned by her depression she collapsed unconscious on the seat of the bus stop. The next day, she was taken to the hospital. Restu found out from her father that Dinda had breast cancer and she had to have her breasts removed but by then the cancer had already spreaded. She was dying. He went to her bedsideand held her hand. She was still unconscious but breathing. He said to her that all he wanted to say was he didn't choose the wrong person to love. After he said that, she passed away. At her funeral, her father gave a piece of beige-coloured folded paper to Restu and said that he believed it was from Dinda to him. In the bus, after the funeral, Restu actually saw Dinda sitting at the one of the window seats. She smiled at him. Someone walked past and she was gone. But Restu looked again. There on the seat he saw her sit at, laid a yellow rose..she might be gone forever but their love for each other is forever...
Contents of the Letter Dinda gave to Restu:
Apa yang kita ingat dari kenangan-kenangan yang terekam oleh kita?
Nama tempat, nama permainan, nama teman, atau kejadian adalah hal-hal yang mungkin lambat-laun bisa terlupa...tapi tidak dengan rasa...
Rasa senang...rasa sedih...yang akan terus kita bawa...tanpa mudah tercecer di sepanjang perjalanan kita.
Dan semakin kita dewasa, kita akan menyadari bahwa di antara kenangan-kenangan tersebut
Ada satu rasa sayang yang paling besar...yaitu...cinta.
Karena ketika satu persatu cerita berhenti dan menjadi kenangan,
Cinta terus bergerak seiring harapan yang menyertai dia.
Cinta yang tak terlihat oleh mata, tak teraba oleh tangan...
Tapi dia ada bahkan sejak kita belum bisa mengucapkannya...
Cinta yang sejati, cinta yang ketika kita kira sudah pergi,
Ternyata cuma bersembunyi, menunggu untuk kembali lagi..
-THE END-
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