Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (film)

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (Indonesian: Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas) is an Indonesian black comedy action drama film directed by Edwin who also co-wrote the screenplay with Eka Kurniawan based on Kurniawan's best-selling book of the same name.[1]

Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash
Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas
Directed byEdwin
Produced byMuhammad Zaidy
Meiske Taurisia
Screenplay byEdwin
Eka Kurniawan
Based onVengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash by Eka Kurniawan
StarringMarthino Lio
Ladya Cheryl
Sal Priadi
Production
company
Palari Films
CountryIndonesia
LanguageIndonesian

The film marks the return of Edwin's frequent collaborator Ladya Cheryl to the big screen since her last appearance in a feature film in 2012's Postcards from the Zoo, also directed by Edwin. Singer-songwriter Sal Priadi makes his feature film debut as Tokek.

Plot

Set in the 1980s in a society ruled by machismo, a hibernating "bird" becomes a serious matter. In a life of brutality, the sleeping bird is an allegory for a peaceful and serene life, even when the whole world tries desperately to rouse it.[1][2]

Cast
  • Marthino Lio as Ajo Kawir
  • Ladya Cheryl as Iteung
  • Sal Priadi as Tokek

Production

In May 2016, Palari Films announced that they had secured the rights to adapt Eka Kurniawan's third novel Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash with Edwin on board to direct alongside collaborators Muhammad Zaidy and Meiske Taurisia as produers.[3] However, as the efforts to adapt the novelproved to be more challenging than expected, Edwin proposed to Palari Films that they pursue another project together while working on the adaptation,[1][4] which turned out to be Laksmi Pamuntjak's 2014 novel The Birdwoman's Palate, leading to Edwin's 2018 feature Aruna & Her Palate.[4]

To raise funds for the film, the film script was submitted to compete in international grant competitions as the production team believed it has an international appeal.[5] In 2016, the script won a US$15,000 grant for winning the Most Promising Project Award at the Asian Project Market held during the 2016 Busan International Film Festival in South Korea.[5][6] In 2018, it received a post-production grant from the post-production lab White Light Post at the Hong Kong Asian Film Financing Forum as well as a co-production grant from the Singapore Film Commission.[7][6] It also received another production grant from Bangkok-based Purin Pictures.[2]

References
  1. JawaPos.com (5 November 2020). "Film 'Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas' Siap Tayang 2021". JawaPos.com (in Indonesian). Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  2. "Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash —". www.purinpictures.org. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  3. Maullana, Irfan (10 May 2016). "Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas" Diangkat ke Layar Lebar". Kompas.com. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  4. "Menyatukan perbedaan Indonesia dengan makanan". web.archive.org. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  5. "Usaha Memfilkan Novel Eka Kurniawan". beritagar.id. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  6. Efendi, Ali Satri (20 February 2020). "Kabar Terbaru Film "Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas"". Infoscreening. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
  7. "White Light Post". White Light Post.
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