Adapted From The Novel Endless Road, City War Movie Ready To Be Produced

JAKARTA - Production house Kharisma Starvision Plus and producer Chand Parwez Servia will co-produce director Mouly Surya's latest film, War Kota. This film is adapted from the classic Indonesian literary novel, Jalan Tak Ada Ujung, by Mochtar Lubis, which was first published in 1952.

War Kota is produced by Rama Adi, Fauzan Zidni and Chand Parwez Servia and is an international co-production between Cinesurya, Starvision, Giraffe Pictures (Singapore), Volya Films (Netherlands), DuoFilm (Norway) and Epic Media (Philippines).

Cine Surya producer Fauzan Zidni was enthusiastic about starting the production process for this film. "We started talking about the film War Kota with Starvision since the end of 2019. It was an honor at the beginning of this year to finally agree on a co-production collaboration with Pak Parwez. This is our first collaboration and hopefully it will continue," said producer Fauzan Zidni from Cinesurya in a release to the media, Friday , June 4th.

Mauly Surya will sit on the director's bench. "We are excited to collaborate with a studio like Starvision in the film Mouly Surya. This is something positive and promising not only to expand access to our films for Indonesian audiences, but also to collaborate with an experienced producer, Pak Parwez," added producer Rama Adi from Cinesurya.

Starvision is one of the largest film studios in Indonesia, founded by producer Chand Parwez Servia in 1995, has produced more than 150 film titles and 400 television program titles.

"Starvision is excited to join director Mouly Surya's latest project, War City. Mouly's solid track record and high artistic quality have always produced films that transcend cinema boundaries and unique storytelling styles. We are confident that these films will attract attention. audiences in Indonesia and internationally,” said producer Chand Parwez Servia from Starvision.

War Kota tells the story of Isa - an impotent war hero and school teacher in Jakarta - trying to regain his old glory for some money on a mission to blow up a movie theater to kill a Dutch general, while the Dutch and British collaborate to colonize Indonesia again after World War II.