The Poet (2000)
The poet Ibrahim Kadir plays himself in a political drama about his arrest and incarceration in Aceh in the 1960s. Kadir survived the mass murder of suspected communists by the Indonesian government that cost between 500,000 and two million lives.
- Released
- 2000-11-07
- Genres
- Drama, Documentary
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Garin Nugroho
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 4 votes
Cast
- Ibrahim Kadir as Himself
- Piet Burnama as Lelaki Anakku
- El Manik as Ceh Cinta
- M. Junus Melalatoa as Ceh Tua
- M. Din as Ceh Muda
- Amak Baldjun as Lelaki Sholat
- José Rizal Manua as Sipir
- Ella Gayo as Jalil
- Fuad Idris as Lelaki Tutup Telinga
- Berliana Febryanti as Wanita Dapur Muda
- Aty Cancer as Wanita Dapur Tua 1
- Jubaedah as Wanita Dapur Tua 2
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