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Closing Film

Merantau

Gareth Huw EVANS

Indonesia2009 133 min 35mm C World Premiere

Synopsis

Yuda is an ordinary guy living in a village located in the west side of Sumatra. He is the successor of the Indonesian traditional martial art named Silat. In order to become a real man, Yuda leaves his hometown and takes the journey to experience the outside world.

Diretor

Gareth Huw EVANS

A life-long fan of Martial Arts cinema. British writer/director of the critically acclaimed with feature film Footsteps (2006). Merantau (2009) is his third project in a foreign language after Japanese short and a documentary of "Indonesian Martial Arts".