This City Is a Battlefield

Original title: Perang Kota

Logline

A story of a war in a city as well as a family.
A story of sneaks, cheats and bargains in all its seductive and brutal textures.

An elegant neoclassical romantic wartime drama with a gripping political intrigue.

Details

Indonesia, Singapore, Netherlands, France, Norway, Philippines, Cambodia – 119 min

Writer & Director
Mouly Surya

Director of Photography
Roy Lolang

Production Designer
Frans Paat

Sound Designer
Vincent Villa

Music Composers
Zeke Khaseli & Yudhi Arfani

Editors
Robert Grigsby Wilson, Natalie Soh

Casting
Sapto Soetarjo, Rudi Kowek, A.C.I

Costume
Meutia Pudjowarsito

Make up
Eba Sheba

Produced by
Rama Adi

Producers
Chand Parwez Servia, Fauzan Zidni, Tutut Kolopaking

Executive Producers
Riza, Willawati, Reza Servia, Mona Surya, Rieza Jusuf, Mithu Nisar, Amrit Dido Servia Raza Servia

Co-producers
Anthony Chen, Tan Si En, Denis Vaslin, Fleur Knopperts, Isabelle Glachant, Ingrid Lill Høgtun, Marie Fuglestein Lægrid, Linda Bolstad Strønen, Bianca Balbuena, Bradley Liew, Axel Hadiningrat, Giovanni Rahmadeva, Sierra Tamihardja, Loy Te

Links

Sales Agent – ASIAN SHADOWS

Press Kit

Synopsis

Indonesia, Jakarta, 1946. After the declaration of independence, Jakarta remained
under Dutch control, triggering bloody clashes between the army and the resistance
movement. Isa (portrayed by Chicco Jericho), a hero during the war for independence,
turned violin teacher, is involved with the resistance with his friend and violin student
Hazil (portrayed by Jerome Kurnia), a wealthy, young and handsome man with a
fervent fighting spirit. When Isa is asked to operate an underground mission to kill an
important Dutch official in the attempt for the resistance to defend Indonesia’s
independence, Hazil by his side is eager to take on the underground mission, but he is
one who is also trying to win Isa’s wife, Fatimah (portrayed by Ariel Tatum). A great
pianist and a courageous woman who fights to protect her family, Fatimah finds her
feelings divided between the two men.