Celebrating Mother's Day On December 22, These 2 Indonesian Films Are Ready To Make You Move

Mother's Day Illustration (Photo: Pexels)

JAKARTA - Mother's Day is celebrated every December 22. On this day, the community is invited to reminisce about being a mother who has taken care of their children. This year there are two new Indonesian films that take the theme of Mother's Day.

First, the film Tentang Ibu (About Mother). About Mother is the work of musician and activist Melanie Subono. Together with Agung Rahadian as Executive Producer, Melanie Subono also collaborated with Reza Nangin as Director and Dennis Nussy as Music Director to make the film About Mother full of meaningful messages that combine regional music to strengthen the story.

The film About Mother is ready to be broadcasted on SCTV to coincide with the moment of the Mother's Day celebration, which is on Wednesday, December 22, 2021, starting at 12.00 western Indonesia time. While in the Vidio application, it has been aired first since December 1, 2021.

Fronted by Jajang C. Noer and Khiva Iskak, the film About Mother will invite viewers to love the wealth of the homeland from 5 islands in Indonesia, 5 local wisdoms, 5 traditions, but 1 thing in common, namely the strength of female characters in each region.

The film About Mother is based on a message from the late BJ Habibie to love Mother, Mother Earth, and Mother Earth. The story begins when Faiz (Khiva Iskak) tries to find the whereabouts of his father to make his mother (Jajang C. Noer) happy.

Faiz only has wedding photos and cloth left by his father to take him around Indonesia, namely to 5 islands, encountering 5 local wisdoms, 5 folk songs, and 5 traditions. After a long journey, Faiz realizes that only Mother's strength has kept him alive until now. Mother's prayer always accompanies Faiz wherever he goes. The city of Ambon became the final destination for Faiz to return home to his mother's arms.

Next, Hanung Brahmantyo's newest film Just Mom is scheduled to be released on January 27, 2022. The film, which was produced by Hanung Brahmantyo and Palwoto, is directed by Jeihan Angga, played by Christine Hakim (Ibu Siti), Ayushita (Murni), Niken Anjani (Pratiwi), Ge Pamungkas (Damar), and Toran Waibro (Jalu).

The film Just Mom tells the story of Siti, a mother who loses the attention of her biological children, who are already established and busy with their respective jobs. To fill her lonely time, she decides to take care of Murni, a homeless girl with mental illness (ODGJ), who is pregnant.

Although her children oppose her decision, Siti is still determined to take care of Murni even though her own physical condition is also weakened, due to cancer she is suffering from. Jeihan Angga as the director said that this film felt special and personal to him.

“Together with the writers we collected many stories related to Mother, what we write in the screenplay is a collection of stories that are very personal to us as well as other audiences. This film can certainly be enjoyed by everyone, because basically each of us has a mother,” said Jeihan.

Hanung Bramantyo as the producer said he was very happy with the results of the film. It is certain that everyone who comes out of the cinema watching this film, will immediately want to greet their respective mother figures.

"Jeihan shows a very warm film, the chemistry presented by various players completes the film's story," said Hanung Bramanto.