The Poet

Nov 7, 2000

1h 30m

★ 6.3

A Poem That Will Never Be Silenced.

Overview

The poet Ibrahim Kadir plays himself in a political drama about his arrest and incarceration in Aceh in the 1960s. Kadir survived the mass murder of suspected communists by the Indonesian government that cost between 500,000 and two million lives.

Genres

Drama

Documentary

Production Companies

SET Film Workshop

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Cast

Himself

Ibrahim Kadir

Lelaki Anakku

Piet Burnama

Ceh Cinta

El Manik

Ceh Tua

M. Junus Melalatoa

Ceh Muda

M. Din

Lelaki Sholat

Amak Baldjun

Sipir

José Rizal Manua

Jalil

Ella Gayo

Lelaki Tutup Telinga

Fuad Idris

Wanita Dapur Muda

Berliana Febryanti

Wanita Dapur Tua 1

Aty Cancer

Wanita Dapur Tua 2

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