Fri May 19, 2006The Indonesian Canadian Congress (ICC) is screening two films as part of the festivities of Asian Heritage Month. The films will be screened in co-operation with the Indonesian Embassy and the Ottawa Public Library.
The films are:
Atjeh Lon Sayang (My Beloved Atjeh)
A documentary
Biola Tak Berdawai (Stringless Violin)
A feature film
There will be short question and answer periods following each film.
Indonesian refreshments will also be provided
Wednesday, May 24, 6:00 pm
Auditorium, Ottawa Public Library, Main Branch
120 Metcalfe, Ottawa, ON
Admission: FREE
Parking is free around the Library after 5:30 PM
The Synopsis of Films
Atjeh Lon Sayang (My Beloved Atjeh)
The tsunami of late 2004 killed roughly 170.000 residents in Aceh only, and turned thousands of children into orphans. This film tells a few stories from the disaster; about the life of a victim, about activities in Islamic traditional education center, and about a few local artists offering “ubat-ate” (comforting songs and prayers) to the children. In this touching documentary, an Acehnese child shares his vision of his homeland. “When the first day I shot at Ule Lheu coast which years ago it was my playground, I was so devastated, angry, couldn’t believe and my tears were falling down when I held my camera. At the moment, I didn’t have the strength to take pictures.”
The tsunami of late 2004 killed roughly 170.000 residents in Aceh only, and turned thousands of children into orphans. This film tells a few stories from the disaster; about the life of a victim, about activities in Islamic traditional education center, and about a few local artists offering “ubat-ate” (comforting songs and prayers) to the children. In this touching documentary, an Acehnese child shares his vision of his homeland. “When the first day I shot at Ule Lheu coast which years ago it was my playground, I was so devastated, angry, couldn’t believe and my tears were falling down when I held my camera. At the moment, I didn’t have the strength to take pictures.”
Biola Tak Berdaway ( The Stringless Violin)
Renjani, a thirty-year-old woman, moves to the city of Jogyakarta to start a new life. She turns her inherited house to an orphanage exclusively for the care of multiple-handicapped babies who have been abandoned by their parents. Mbak Wid, an eccentric and psychic pediatrician helps her to run the orphanage. A common traumatic past binds the two women together.
Renjani develops an attachment to eight-year old dewa, a mute boy borne with brain defects and autistic tendencies. She believes that Dewa feels the love that she has for him. She continuous to treat Dewa as a normal child, and is obsessed to find the correct therapy
to cure him. The arrival of a twenty two-year old violinist named Bhisma changed the course of their lives. Bhisma’s music seems to hold the answer to Dewa’s future. However, situations became complicated when he finds himself to be in love with Renjani. She turns away from his love as her traumatic past continues to haunt her.
Renjani, a thirty-year-old woman, moves to the city of Jogyakarta to start a new life. She turns her inherited house to an orphanage exclusively for the care of multiple-handicapped babies who have been abandoned by their parents. Mbak Wid, an eccentric and psychic pediatrician helps her to run the orphanage. A common traumatic past binds the two women together.
Renjani develops an attachment to eight-year old dewa, a mute boy borne with brain defects and autistic tendencies. She believes that Dewa feels the love that she has for him. She continuous to treat Dewa as a normal child, and is obsessed to find the correct therapy
to cure him. The arrival of a twenty two-year old violinist named Bhisma changed the course of their lives. Bhisma’s music seems to hold the answer to Dewa’s future. However, situations became complicated when he finds himself to be in love with Renjani. She turns away from his love as her traumatic past continues to haunt her.
Bhisma writes a song entitled “The Stringlesss Violin” and dedicates it to Renjani and Dewa. His persistence finaly gave Renjani the courage to free herself from her past. But destiny dictates otherwise. Renjani’s past reaches full-circle and threatens to bring disaster.
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