I Love Indonesia

Ibunda Ibunda is a 1986 Indonesian film directed by Teguh Karya. Telling of a family's struggles in Jakarta, it set a new record at the 1986 Indonesian Film Festival when it won nine Citra Awards. The ethnic Javanese family headed by Rakhim is living in Jakarta and trying to make a living. Rakhim, a widow, is raising her youngest daughter, Fitri (Ria Irawan) with the help of her 2nd child. Her eldest, Farida (Niniek L. Karim), has married the nouveau riche Gatot (Galeb Husin). Meanwhile, the 3rd child, Zulfikar (Alex Komang), has become an actor. Two issues arise at roughly the same time. Zulfikar has left his wife and young child for a cougar with whom he is sleeping to further his career. Meanwhile, Farida berates Fitri for her choice of boyfriend; her boyfriend, Luke, is Papuan, and Farida fears that their family's bloodline will be tainted. In response, Fitri runs away from home. Ibunda was funded by the Subentra Group, headed by Sudwikatmono. According to Sudwikatmono,...

Teguh Karya Teguh Karya was born Steve Liem Tjoan Hok on 22 September 1937 in Pandeglang, Banten. He was the 1st child of Chinese Indonesians Laksana Karya and Naomi Yahya ; there was some Bantenese descent from his grandmother. He attended elementary school in Pandeglang, but moved to Jakarta for junior high school, where he struggled with the exact sciences but did well in the creative arts and history. Karya studied at the Academy of Art, Drama, and Film in Yogyakarta from 1954 to 1955. He then studied at the Indonesian National Theater Academy (Indonesian: Akademi Teater Nasional Indonesia, or ATNI) in Jakarta from 1957 to 1961, where he obtained experience as an actor. He later studied at the Eastâ€"West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii from 1962 to 1963. Karya acted in Jenderal Kancil, while working at Hotel Indonesia as a stage manager. It was directed at children. That same year he established Teater Populer at his home in Tanah Abang, Jakarta, mainly from ATNI students; he o...