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Sing to the Dawn (2009)
Directed by Philip Mitchell
Overview
Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of the bright lights in the big city, and to do so, has to fight customs and tradition that girls are meant to be bethroned away early at a young age to someone they loathe, and schools for them are an unnecessary part of life. In order to fulfill her dream, she has to go against the wishes of her dad, as well as irk her brother as she out-scores him in a local examination to clinch a scholarship. Also, their village is under threat of an unscrupulous landlord trying to bulldoze his way into profits by driving everyone out of his land.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Gita Gutawa | Patton Idola Cilik | Surya Saputra | Cut Mini Theo | Shanty | Indra Bekti | Uli Herdinansyah | Ria Irawan | Jajang C. Noer | Tike Priatnakusumah | José Rizal Manua | Joko Anwar | Nina Tamam | Melissa Karim | Otto Djauhari | Gerry Puraatmadja | Ken Nala Amrytha