Merantau

Aug 6, 2009

2h 14m

★ 6.5

Every journey must begin with one small step.

Overview

In Minangkabau, West Sumatera, Yuda a skilled practitioner of Silat Harimau is in the final preparations to begin his "Merantau" a century's old rites-of-passage to be carried out by the community's young men that will see him leave the comforts of his idyllic farming village and make a name for himself in the bustling city of Jakarta.

Genres

Action

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

PT. Merantau Films

Golden Network Asia

Merantau Trailers

Cast

Yuda

Iko Uwais

Astri

Chika Jessica

Wulan

Christine Hakim

Ratger

Mads Koudal

Adit

Yusuf Aulia

Johni

Alex Abbad

Eric

Yayan Ruhian

Luc

Laurent Buson

Ayi

Ratna Galih

Yayan

Donny Alamsyah

Porn Den Videographer

Gareth Evans

Lau Leung-wah plays the titled character, a Chinese Robin Hood who robs the rich to help the poor. She is an early Republican Era Mulan, who switches effortlessly between charming gentility and agile ferocity, and Lau personifies her character's duality with a balance of grace and vigour. Chang Cheh, on the verge of fostering seismic changes in cinema with his martial-arts machismo, pens a script that captures the spirit of changing Chinese womanhood, underscored by a conflict between Black Butterfly and her father, a veteran detective.

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