Shot on location in the eponymous border town between Indonesia and East Timor, Riri Riza’s “Atambua 39° Celsius” deals with the consequences of the 1999 referendum which split the hitherto Indonesia-occupied island into two. Partially crowd-funded and using mainly Tetum, the language of the people from Timor Island, the movie premiered at the 25th Tokyo International Film Festival. It has since been shown at numerous festivals around the world and garnered many awards.
Atambua 39° Celsius is Screening at Locarno Film Festival
Joao Bautista (Gudino Soares) lives with his estranged pro-Indonesia father Ronaldo (Petrus Beyleto) in the city of Atambua. Like the majority of its residents, they are just two of the 250 000 people who left their native lands following the 1999 referendum, while the rest of their family chose to stay in the newly created East Timor. Now, Ronaldo works as an inter-city bus driver, spending most of his working hours and money on alcohol and gambling,...
Atambua 39° Celsius is Screening at Locarno Film Festival
Joao Bautista (Gudino Soares) lives with his estranged pro-Indonesia father Ronaldo (Petrus Beyleto) in the city of Atambua. Like the majority of its residents, they are just two of the 250 000 people who left their native lands following the 1999 referendum, while the rest of their family chose to stay in the newly created East Timor. Now, Ronaldo works as an inter-city bus driver, spending most of his working hours and money on alcohol and gambling,...
- 8/11/2020
- by martin
- AsianMoviePulse
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