Autobiography

Makbul Mubarak: Autobiography (Indonesia 2022) starring Kevin Ardilova (Muhammad Rakib) and Arswendy Bening Swara (Purnawinata).

Le Pion du général / Autobiography [Swedish title].

    2022. Country: Indonesia, France, Germany, Poland, Singapore, Philippines, Qatar. Production: KawanKawan Media (Yulia Evina Bhara), In Vivo Films, Potocol, Staron Film, Cinematografica Philippines, NiKo Film, FOCUSED equipment, Partisipasi Indonesia

    Director: Makbul Mubarak

Screenplay: Makbul Mubarak

Cinematographer: Wojciech Staroń

Production Designer: Sigit D. Pratama

Music: Bani Haykal

Sound: L. H. Aim Adinegara, Waldir Xavier, Rémi Crouzet, Jean-Guy Veran, Hadrianus Eko

Editor: Carlo Francisco Manatad

    Cast / Pemeran (Indonesian Wikipedia):

Kevin Ardilova / sebagai Muhammad Rakib

Arswendy Bening Swara / sebagai Purnawinata

Yusuf Mahardika / sebagai Agus Muwardi

Lukman Sardi / sebagai Soewito

Yudi Ahmad Tajudin / sebagai Nala

Rukman Rosadi / sebagai Amir

Haru Sandra / sebagai Andri

Mardiko Agus Nugroho / sebagai Sersan

Kun Baehaqi Almas / sebagai pegawai pemerintahan

Achmad Agus Budi / sebagai Haris

Gondo Lifenya Kusuma Dewi / sebagai Irma

Ibnu Widodo / sebagai Galih

Gunawan Maryanto / sebagai kuli bangunan 1

Reza Fahri / sebagai kuli bangunan 2

Arya Sweta / sebagai kuli bangunan 3

Ganesya / sebagai kuli bangunan 4

Iwan Siswoyo / sebagai Hendrik

Dewi Qurrota'ayun / sebagai perawat

Doris Khoirum Sasna Bakhtiar / sebagai Juan

Muhammad Fauzi / sebagai Imam

Watie Wibowo / sebagai istri Purna

Siti Fauziah / sebagai penjual kartu ponsel

    Loc: Bojonegoro, East Java, Indonesia.

    Language: Indonesian.

    The original title of the film is in English. The opening and final credits are only in English, the main title card only in French.

    115 min

    Festival premiere: Venice, Horizons program, 2 Sep 2022 - FIPRESCI Award for Best Film in sections outside main competition. World sales: Alpha Violet.

    Indonesian premiere: 19 Jan 2023.

    Finnish festival premiere: Helsinki Cine Aasia, 17 March 2023.

    Indonesian entry for Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards (2024).

    French premiere: 21 Feb 2024, distributed by Alpha Violet, sous-titres francais Mimi Bonnetto, Anouk --- (name flashed by too fast).

    Viewed at Arlequin, Salle 3, 76 rue de Rennes, 75006 Paris, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Métro Saint-Sulpice, 24 Feb 2024.

    

ARLEQUIN INTRODUCTION

" Le jeune Rakib travaille comme seul employé de maison dans le manoir de Purna, un général à la retraite, aussi craint que respecté, et dont la famille est servie par celle de Rakib depuis des générations. Lorsque Purna se présente aux élections de la mairie locale, Rakib découvre un mentor et un père de substitution qu’il défendra à tout prix, jusqu’à ce qu’il soit déchiré entre la loyauté et la justice… "

SYNOPSIS (VENICE)

" With his father in prison and his brother abroad for work, young Rakib works as the lone housekeeper in an empty mansion belonging to Purna, a retired general whose family Rakib’s clan have served for centuries in a rural Indonesian town. After Purna returns home to start his mayoral election campaign, Rakib bonds with the older man, who becomes a close mentor and father figure, and finds his calling as Purna’s assistant in work and life. When Purna’s election poster is found vandalised one day, Rakib doesn’t hesitate to track down the culprit, kicking off an escalating chain of violence... "

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT (VENICE)

" Throughout three decades of Indonesia’s military dictatorship from the mid-Sixties to the late-Nineties, my father worked as a civil servant under the regime. I grew up discerning his loyalty to the state as something that seemed inherent to my family’s life. I learnt, by observing him, that loyalty is what makes a person honorable: a principle that I considered to be very true and, at that point in time, satisfyingly rewarding. However, as I grew up, a question began to haunt me: is loyalty still honorable if and when it is pledged to something monstrous? If we annul our loyalty to them, would this be considered a betrayal? Or a fight for justice? And therefore, would this make us a good or a bad person? Autobiography is an emotional inquiry into my adolescence, my country, and to the values that I was raised with—which are still being taught everywhere even to this day, twenty-four years after the collapse of the dictatorship. In a society with such a repressed history, what does it take to be able to call oneself ‘a good person’? "

Motto: "How far does loyalty go?"

AA: In his debut feature film, Makbul Mubarak starts gently observing everyday life on East Java, Indonesia, and from seemingly small pieces we figure out key issues of the society in general. Better access to electricity is needed, therefore a power plant would be essential, but issues of land ownership are controversial. 

Upon retirement, Purna, a general, returns to his childhood home. He commands respect and cuts a towering figure in the upcoming elections where hydropower will be the greatest issue.

The teenager Rakib becomes his housekeeper and assistant, and Purna becomes his mentor and father figure since the real father sits in prison. Purna teaches Rakib to shoot, and they play chess together.

Purna is touchy about his election campaign posters, and when he over-reacts in the most horrible way to a transgression of Agib, Rakib's friend, Rakib wants to distance himself, resign and even escape, but Purna does not let him go. Purna's vicinity turns oppressive, and Rakib reaches the limit. The outcome is unorthodox and gives food for thought.

Symbolically, Autobiography is a Vatermord saga, told in an original way. The story is illuminating about the history of violence in Indonesia. Indonesia is famous as the site of one of the most brutal massacres of the 20th century, when the Free World toppled Sukarno, the leader of the fight for Indonesian independence against Dutch colonialism, and we murdered maybe millions of his followers to protect our financial interests. The story has been covered in films ranging from The Year of Living Dangerously to Joshua Oppenheimer (The Act of Killing and The Look of Silence).

The sense of place is quietly compelling and essential to the fabula. The final funeral sequence is unexpected and unsettling, and the final song is deeply moving. I would love to find the soundtrack.

FROM INDONESIAN WIKIPEDIA:

FROM INDONESIAN WIKIPEDIA:

Wikipedia Ensiklopedia Bebas

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Autobiography (film)

Sutradara / Makbul Mubarak

Produser / Yulia Evina Bhara

Ditulis oleh / Makbul Mubarak

Penata musik / Bani Haykal

Sinematografer / Wojciech Staroń

Penyunting / Carlo Francisco Manatad

Perusahaan

produksi

KawanKawan Media

Tanggal rilis

2 September 2022 (Venesia)

29 November 2022 (JAFF)

19 Januari 2023 (Indonesia)

13 April 2023 (Prime Video)

Durasi 115 menit

Negara Indonesia

Bahasa Bahasa Indonesia

Autobiography adalah film drama cerita seru Indonesia tahun 2022 yang disutradarai oleh Makbul Mubarak, sekaligus debutnya dalam penyutradaraan film panjang. Film produksi KawanKawan Media ini dibintangi oleh Kevin Ardilova, Arswendy Bening Swara, dan Yusuf Mahardika. Autobiography tayang perdana secara internasional di Festival Film Venesia pada 2 September 2022. Selain itu, film ini diputar pada sejumlah festival film dunia, seperti Festival Film Internasional Toronto, Festival Film Internasional Busan, dan Festival Film Internasional Stockholm.

Sinopsis

Rakib bekerja menjaga rumah kosong milik seorang pensiunan bernama Purna. Suatu hari, Purna pulang kampung untuk mencalonkan diri menjadi bupati di daerah kampungnya. Rumah yang Rakib jaga kini tidak lagi kosong. Setiap hari, ia menemani Purna ketika melaksanakan sejumlah kegiatan sebagai calon bupati, termasuk berkampanye dan memasang spanduk. Rakib melihat sosok seorang ayah yang ia dambakan dalam diri Purna, hingga sebuah kejadian tak terduga mengubah semua pandangannya tersebut.

Produksi

Pengembangan dan penulisan

Naskah film Autobiography dikembangkan sejak 2017. Proyek film ini pertama kali dipresentasikan pada Torino Film Lab 2017.

Pendanaan utama Autobiography diperoleh dari Locarno Film Festival yang mendapat sebesar 50.000 CHF atau sekitar Rp734.000.000.[butuh rujukan] Film ini juga mendapat dukungan dari sejumlah program pendanaan dan produksi dari berbagai negara, di antaranya Singapura, Polandia, Jepang, Thailand, Jerman, Perancis, dan Filipina. Film ini juga merupakan salah satu dari 22 penerima bantuan pemerintah Kementerian Pariwisata dan Ekonomi Kreatif Republik Indonesia untuk promosi film sebesar Rp 1,5 miliar dalam lingkup program Pemulihan Ekonomi Nasional (PEN) akibat pandemi Covid-19 di Indonesia.

Sutradara film, Makbul Mubarak, mengungkapkan titel Autobiography berangkat dari relasi personal Makbul dengan ayahnya saat ia masih kanak-kanak.

Pengambilan gambar

Pengambilan gambar Autobiography dilakukan utamanya di Bojonegoro, Jawa Timur, lebih tepatnya di Kecamatan Gondang. Selain itu, pengambilan gambar juga dilakukan di beberapa kecamatan lainnya di Bojonegoro, seperti Baureno, Dander, Sekar dan Temayang.

Proses syuting film ini memakan selama 40 hari, mulai dari 25 Mei – 1 Juli 2021. Karena pengambilan gambar dilakukan di tengah masa pandemi COVID-19, seluruh kru dan pemain yang terlibat melakukan uji usap. Kru film yang menjadi tim kamera berasal dari Polandia.

Penyuntingan

Proses editing untuk film ini melibatkan sejumlah kru film asal Filipina.

Penayangan

Autobiography tayang perdana di Festival Film Internasional Venice ke-79 dalam seksi Horizon pada tahun 2022, yang menjadikannya satu-satunya film Indonesia yang berpartisipasi. Selain di Venesia, Autobiography juga diputar di sejumlah festival film bergengsi dunia, seperti Festival Film Internasional Toronto, Festival Film Internasional Busan, Festival Film Internasional Stockholm, dan Festival Film Internasional QCinema.[butuh rujukan]

Film ini tayang perdana di layar bioskop Indonesia pada 19 Januari 2023.