On Your Lap

Nov 6, 2025

1h 44m

★ 8.5

Nothing can be as powerful as a mother's love.

Overview

Sartika, a pregnant young woman, moves away from her city hoping to provide a better future for her child. She meets Maya, a coffee shop owner in Pantura. Maya takes care of Sartika and helps with her deliveries. After Sartika gives birth, Maya manipulates her into working for her as the "Kopi Pangku" waitress, a job that requires her to serve coffee on a man's lap, until one day she meets a fish distributor truck driver named Hadi and falls in love. Will she find happiness?

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Gambar Gerak

Red Sea Fund

Kementerian Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia

White Light Awards

JAFF Market

On Your Lap Trailers

Cast

Sartika

Claresta Taufan

Hadi

Fedi Nuril

Maya

Christine Hakim

Bayu

Shakeel Fauzi Aisy

Jaya

José Rizal Manua

Gilang

Devano Danendra

Asep

Kaan Lativan

Gondrong

Reza Chandika

Yuna

Nazira C. Noer

Sita

Galabby Tahira Pahlevi

Tini

TJ

Hasan

Lukman Sardi

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