JAKARTA - The Indonesian remake of Children of Heaven brings the memories of its actors back to a past full of struggle. Muhadkly Acho and Faradina Mufti share their personal experiences about how valuable a pair of shoes is, which is very relevant to the premise of this film.
For Muhadkly Acho who grew up in the Tanjung Priok area, having branded shoes is a luxury that is difficult to achieve.
"If I live in Tanjung Priok, I don't have real shoes. So I've always wanted to have Adidas strips, I bought it at Pasar Ular," recalled Acho in South Jakarta, Monday, April 13.
Funny, he actually got a pirated item that had "excess" identity.
"Well, the seller there is really good, so I said I bought Adidas, I was given a strip of four. When I said, 'Bang, Adidas is not three?' He said, 'No, we are good, we will add one'," Acho joked while laughing.
More than just a style, Acho's childhood shoes were a risky item.
"In Priok, you couldn't have cool shoes because they were often lost, stabbed, and beaten. So when you want to buy shoes, parents don't ask if it's good or not, but 'Are you afraid it won't be lost?' That's the question," he added.
Furthermore, Faradina Mufti who grew up in a military family environment also felt the strictness of the rules for getting new goods.
"Before, when I had new shoes during Lebaran, it was like something really luxurious that I had ever gotten. Because before I also didn't get new shoes that easily," said Faradina.
The principle of parents in the past is very imprinted in Faradina's heart, where goods will only be replaced if they are completely destroyed.
"Parents in the past, if the shoes are not worn, they are not damaged. Socks are just worn by us. It has been worn," he said.
Faradina also remembers how she had to wait for her shoes to be too small before she could ask for a new pair.
"Military families, so it's like, 'You, you don't, don't!' It's narrow. If it's narrow, it's like that," said the actor who played Ibu Fatimah.
Acho added that he often only received slippers because he came from a large family.
"Shoes are passed down from brother to brother. There are seven brothers, so it's like when the shoes are really worn out, you have to buy new ones. And it has to be Bata brand, because Bata is cheap," said Acho.
After adulthood and success, they admitted that there was a little sense of "revenge" to collect shoes, but the value of childhood struggles still did not disappear.
"Yeah, it's pretty good, so it feels like ah, the one who didn't have time to own it, I want to try it now," said Acho.
Now, through the film Children of Heaven, they hope that the audience can appreciate what they have.
"Just be grateful for a lot because out there there are people who even have to change their shoes," Acho concluded.
Synopsis
Ali (Jared Ali) and Zahra (Humairah Jahra), a pair of siblings living below the poverty line, are forced to take turns using a pair of shoes to go to school after Zahra's shoes are lost. In order to keep the secret from his parents, Ali enters a running competition with one simple hope: winning a pair of shoes for his younger brother.
Children of Heaven is scheduled to be released on May 27.
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