Indonesian director Edwin is not an unfamiliar name in the festival circuit. His debut feature, “Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly” (2008), won several international awards. His second full-length movie “Postcards from the Zoo” (2021) marked the return of Indonesian cinema to the main competition after almost five decades of absence. His latest venture “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash”, which grabbed Golden Leopard at this year’s Locarno, however, differs significantly from his previous works. So far Edwin has romanced with art house dramas. “Vengeance…”, an adaptation of Booker-nominated novel by Eka Kurniawan’s (script’s co-author), as its batty title might suggest, swings to more commercial territories.
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is Available now on Arrow and out on Blu-ray 19th Sept
Having set his story in the late 80s, Edwin re-visits the popular cinema of the era. He nods not only to Indonesian movies (with...
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash is Available now on Arrow and out on Blu-ray 19th Sept
Having set his story in the late 80s, Edwin re-visits the popular cinema of the era. He nods not only to Indonesian movies (with...
- 8/27/2022
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
Ajo Kawir (Mathino Lio) can’t get an erection. This issues dominates his life. He tries to assert his masculinity regardless by performing daredevil stunts and getting into as many fights as possible, and though experience has made him pretty good at it, his tendency to take on too many people at once means that his friends worry about him. When he learns that Iteung (Ladya Cheryl), one of few individuals who can (sometimes) beat him in a fight, knows about his problem and is attracted to him regardless, he vows to marry her. Living happily ever after, however, proves to be a difficult thing to achieve in a world dominated by sex and violence.
Based on Eka Kurniawan’s best selling book, this rambling, darkly comic work by Indonesian director Edwin won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2021 and has been broadly successful on the festival circuit, though critical reactions to.
Based on Eka Kurniawan’s best selling book, this rambling, darkly comic work by Indonesian director Edwin won the Golden Leopard at Locarno in 2021 and has been broadly successful on the festival circuit, though critical reactions to.
- 8/5/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Combining adrenaline-pumping violence and a torrid love affair this is a homage to, and a subversion of, classic Indonesian cinema
Pulpy yet swooningly romantic, Edwin’s entertaining thriller has perhaps the coolest film title in recent years; it also won the Golden Leopard at last year’s Locarno film festival. Adapted from the popular novel by Eka Kurniawan – the first Indonesian writer to be nominated for the Booker prize – this is a bombastic time capsule of 1980s Indonesia that is all about the essence of manhood. Left impotent by a childhood trauma, Ajo (Marthino Lio) can’t get it up, but he can certainly raise his fists, earning a reputation as a daredevil who chases death just to prove his virility.
Paved with hair-raising motorcycle duels and even murder plots, Ajo’s path towards self-destruction is cut short by his encounter with Iteung (Ladya Cheryl), a girl hired as the...
Pulpy yet swooningly romantic, Edwin’s entertaining thriller has perhaps the coolest film title in recent years; it also won the Golden Leopard at last year’s Locarno film festival. Adapted from the popular novel by Eka Kurniawan – the first Indonesian writer to be nominated for the Booker prize – this is a bombastic time capsule of 1980s Indonesia that is all about the essence of manhood. Left impotent by a childhood trauma, Ajo (Marthino Lio) can’t get it up, but he can certainly raise his fists, earning a reputation as a daredevil who chases death just to prove his virility.
Paved with hair-raising motorcycle duels and even murder plots, Ajo’s path towards self-destruction is cut short by his encounter with Iteung (Ladya Cheryl), a girl hired as the...
- 8/3/2022
- by Phuong Le
- The Guardian - Film News
Indonesian director Edwin is not an unfamiliar name in the festival circuit. His debut feature, “Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly” (2008), won several international awards. His second full-length movie “Postcards from the Zoo” (2021) marked the return of Indonesian cinema to the main competition after almost five decades of absence. His latest venture “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash”, which grabbed Golden Leopard at this year’s Locarno, however, differs significantly from his previous works. So far Edwin has romanced with art house dramas. “Vengeance…”, an adaptation of Booker-nominated novel by Eka Kurniawan’s (script’s co-author), as its batty title might suggest, swings to more commercial territories.
“Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Having set his story in the late 80s, Edwin re-visits the popular cinema of the era. He nods not only to Indonesian movies (with a special place...
“Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash” is screening at Five Flavours Asian Film Festival
Having set his story in the late 80s, Edwin re-visits the popular cinema of the era. He nods not only to Indonesian movies (with a special place...
- 11/23/2021
- by Joanna Kończak
- AsianMoviePulse
Singapore International Film Festival (Sgiff) returns for its 32nd edition from 25 November to 5 December 2021, with tickets going on public sale today, 9 November 2021 at 12pm, via Sistic. As announced previously, this year’s Festival will present a diverse, inclusive range of over 100 films by filmmakers from more than 40 countries and categorised under Films in Competition (Asian Feature Film and Southeast Asian Short Film), Singapore Panorama, as well as five new film sections that position cinema from different perspectives.
According to Sgiff’s Programme Director, Thong Kay Wee, “As we return to the cinemas this year, we also wish to encourage further discourse in-person, which includes Q&As with filmmakers as well as our Forum section, featuring leading industry voices in topical panel discussions. We are also especially thrilled to offer a special presentation of the feature film Scene UnSeen, on Singapore’s underground music scene, which will include a one-night-only showcase...
According to Sgiff’s Programme Director, Thong Kay Wee, “As we return to the cinemas this year, we also wish to encourage further discourse in-person, which includes Q&As with filmmakers as well as our Forum section, featuring leading industry voices in topical panel discussions. We are also especially thrilled to offer a special presentation of the feature film Scene UnSeen, on Singapore’s underground music scene, which will include a one-night-only showcase...
- 11/14/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Back in the ‘80s, martial arts B-movies from Hong Kong made their way into Indonesian cinema. People were obsessed with them because they were fun and entertaining, and most of all reflected the hyper-machismo culture that bloomed in the country during the regime of Soeharto from the late ‘60s to the end of the ‘90s. Most Indonesian men, influenced by how the country was ruled, were all about virility. If they didn’t know how to fight, they weren’t manly enough. However, in Edwin’s brilliant and offbeat sixth feature, the Golden Leopard-winning Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, this toxic trait of the country gets knocked down in a story about erectile dysfunction.
Based on Eka Kurniawan’s book Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas, the movie centers on Ajo Kawir (Mathino Lio), a twenty-something man from the outskirts of Bandung. A thug who fears nothing but his reputation as a man,...
Based on Eka Kurniawan’s book Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas, the movie centers on Ajo Kawir (Mathino Lio), a twenty-something man from the outskirts of Bandung. A thug who fears nothing but his reputation as a man,...
- 9/12/2021
- by Reyzando Nawara
- The Film Stage
Above: Edwin. Photo ©Erieknjuragan.Opening on two motorcyclists playing a reckless game of chicken for petty cash in an unfashionable outskirt of Bandung in 1989, Indonesian writer-director Edwin’s sixth feature, the Golden Leopard-winning Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, is intent on challenging any and all expectations its punchy title might evoke from the very start. As the winner of the contest, rat-tailed protagonist Ajo Kawir (Marthino Lio), sets off on a victory lap, he passes a painted advertising board, which promptly comes alive and offers the audience a glimpse beneath the veneer of Ajo’s masculine swagger: “Only a man who can’t get it up can face death without fear.” Our hero, for all his readiness to take on multiple people in any kind of fight, is impotent. But this perceived sexual inadequacy is not the fatal flaw that will come to haunt Ajo on his hero’s journey.
- 8/22/2021
- MUBI
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, Indonesian director Edwin’s homage to and deconstruction of 1980s ultra-violent Asian action movies, has won the Golden Leopard for best film at the 2021 Locarno International Film Festival.
The feature, an adaptation of the novel by Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, is a revenge tale involving a hired killer who uses violence to compensate for his public shame in being impotent and a female fighter who takes over his burden of vengeance. It stars Ajo Kawir[/link] and Ladya Cheryl. The Match Factory is handling international sales.
In a surprise announcement at the Locarno award ceremony,...
The feature, an adaptation of the novel by Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, is a revenge tale involving a hired killer who uses violence to compensate for his public shame in being impotent and a female fighter who takes over his burden of vengeance. It stars Ajo Kawir[/link] and Ladya Cheryl. The Match Factory is handling international sales.
In a surprise announcement at the Locarno award ceremony,...
- 8/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Vengeance is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, Indonesian director Edwin’s homage to and deconstruction of 1980s ultra-violent Asian action movies, has won the Golden Leopard for best film at the 2021 Locarno International Film Festival.
The feature, an adaptation of the novel by Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, is a revenge tale involving a hired killer who uses violence to compensate for his public shame in being impotent and a female fighter who takes over his burden of vengeance. It stars Ajo Kawir and Ladya Cheryl. The Match Factory is handling international sales.
In a surprise announcement at the Locarno award ceremony,...
The feature, an adaptation of the novel by Indonesian writer Eka Kurniawan, is a revenge tale involving a hired killer who uses violence to compensate for his public shame in being impotent and a female fighter who takes over his burden of vengeance. It stars Ajo Kawir and Ladya Cheryl. The Match Factory is handling international sales.
In a surprise announcement at the Locarno award ceremony,...
- 8/14/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Indonesian film director Edwin, a festival darling whose films have been the trump card for Berlinale and Rotterdam, returns to the circuit with a new gem. “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash,” which just had its world premiere in Locarno’s International Competition, is a genre-bending portrayal of an angry impotent young man stuck in the middle of the macho Indonesian Eighties.
As happened with many productions last year, the pandemic affected the film, which had to stop the shooting due to the lockdown. Lee Chatametikool, the film’s editor and an Apichatpong Weerasethakul regular, did all the editing online. “We had fun, even if the situation wasn’t generous in any way,” Edwin says.
Ajo Kawir (Marthino Lio) and Iteung (Ladya Cheryl), the lovebirds, are doing all sorts of odd jobs to survive their precarious existence. And on the way, a lot of combat happens. When fighting is not business,...
As happened with many productions last year, the pandemic affected the film, which had to stop the shooting due to the lockdown. Lee Chatametikool, the film’s editor and an Apichatpong Weerasethakul regular, did all the editing online. “We had fun, even if the situation wasn’t generous in any way,” Edwin says.
Ajo Kawir (Marthino Lio) and Iteung (Ladya Cheryl), the lovebirds, are doing all sorts of odd jobs to survive their precarious existence. And on the way, a lot of combat happens. When fighting is not business,...
- 8/11/2021
- by Diego Cepeda and Calin Boto
- Variety Film + TV
Festival regular Edwin delivers a withering critique of masculinity with the enjoyably gritty if over-obvious “Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash.” Usually when films deal with impotence, they tend to be coy or jokey, but there’s no beating around the bush here: Erectile dysfunction is the theme, with all the implications of disempowerment and emasculation the issue implies.
As metaphor, impotence is used to make a broader critique of a toxic culture that puts so much emphasis on virility, but that just gives the filmmaker license to make garish use of plot-heavy twists and turns boasting plenty of decently choreographed fight sequences that must have immediately appealed to Fatih Akin, whose Bombero Int’l came onboard as co-producer. Given the level of stylized violence together with playful genre elements as well as a topic sure to get a rise out of viewers, it’s not hard to imagine festival audiences having fun.
As metaphor, impotence is used to make a broader critique of a toxic culture that puts so much emphasis on virility, but that just gives the filmmaker license to make garish use of plot-heavy twists and turns boasting plenty of decently choreographed fight sequences that must have immediately appealed to Fatih Akin, whose Bombero Int’l came onboard as co-producer. Given the level of stylized violence together with playful genre elements as well as a topic sure to get a rise out of viewers, it’s not hard to imagine festival audiences having fun.
- 8/10/2021
- by Jay Weissberg
- Variety Film + TV
The action-drama has also been selected for Toronto’s contemporary world cinema strand.
Screen can unveil the first trailer for Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, which will world premiere in the international competition at the Locarno Film Festival (August 4-14).
From Indonesian director Edwin, it stars Marthino Lio as a fighter driven to rage by his secret impotence. He has a chance to finally find happiness when he falls in love with a tough female fighter, played by Ladya Cheryl.
Edwin’s previous films include Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly, which premiered at Rotterdam in 2009, and Berlin...
Screen can unveil the first trailer for Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash, which will world premiere in the international competition at the Locarno Film Festival (August 4-14).
From Indonesian director Edwin, it stars Marthino Lio as a fighter driven to rage by his secret impotence. He has a chance to finally find happiness when he falls in love with a tough female fighter, played by Ladya Cheryl.
Edwin’s previous films include Blind Pig Who Wants To Fly, which premiered at Rotterdam in 2009, and Berlin...
- 8/4/2021
- by Orlando Parfitt
- ScreenDaily
Title: Postcards From The Zoo Director: Edwin Cast: Adjie Nur Ahmad, Klarysa Aurelia and Ladya Cheryl From the start of this film, the audience is led into a mysterious zoo filled with exotic wildlife, park rides, darkness and fog. We get the impression that this zoo is completely different from the real world or from anything anyone has ever seen. It’s a fantasy world and it’s wondrous! We then see a small girl, who is wandering the zoo trying to find her father. She is lost but we never see how or why, all we need to know, as the audience is that she’s lost. Indonesian filmmaker Edwin has effectively [ Read More ]...
- 5/5/2012
- by Rudie Obias
- ShockYa
Going into this year’s Berlinale you could be forgiven for thinking that all the A-list talent was presiding over the jury. It’s an impressive roster: Mike Leigh is at the head, accompanied by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi (last year’s Golden Bear champion for A Separation), Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhaal, French auteur Francois Ozon (Potiche), Dutchman Anton Corbijn (Control), and Charlotte Gainsbourg. By comparison the competition line-up seemed extremely obscure. Whilst Cannes and Venice tend to lead with premieres from established directors, the Berlin Film Festival continues its recent tradition of backing more obscure auteurs.
Out of the directors in the main competition only Italian veterans the Taviani brothers (with drama-doc hybrid Ceasar Must Die) and actor-turned-director Billy Bob Thornton (Jane Mansfield’s Car) came with anything like a reputation. Most of the films come via relative unknown talents with few previous features to their name, such as...
Out of the directors in the main competition only Italian veterans the Taviani brothers (with drama-doc hybrid Ceasar Must Die) and actor-turned-director Billy Bob Thornton (Jane Mansfield’s Car) came with anything like a reputation. Most of the films come via relative unknown talents with few previous features to their name, such as...
- 2/19/2012
- by Robert Beames
- Obsessed with Film
The Berlin International Film Festival has just announced the first five films lined up for the Competition and five more for the Berlinale Special. The 62nd edition runs from February 9 through 19.
Update: The Berlinale's also announced that the members of the International Jury, presided over by Mike Leigh, will be Anton Corbijn, Asghar Farhadi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal, François Ozon, Boualem Sansal and Barbara Sukowa.
Competition
Captive
France/Philippines/Germany/Great Britain
By Brillante Mendoza (Serbis, Kinatay, Lola)
With Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville, Marc Zanetta
World premiere
From Ioncinema: "Based on a real-life event that occurred in 2001. It centers on Thérèse Bourgoin (Huppert), a French woman who works for a humanitarian organization on Palawan Island in the Philippines. While she is transporting equipment to Puerto Princesa, she is kidnapped by mistake with a colleague by Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, who are fighting for Mindanao independence."
Dictado (Childish Games)
Spain
By Antonio Chavarrías (Susanna,...
Update: The Berlinale's also announced that the members of the International Jury, presided over by Mike Leigh, will be Anton Corbijn, Asghar Farhadi, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jake Gyllenhaal, François Ozon, Boualem Sansal and Barbara Sukowa.
Competition
Captive
France/Philippines/Germany/Great Britain
By Brillante Mendoza (Serbis, Kinatay, Lola)
With Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville, Marc Zanetta
World premiere
From Ioncinema: "Based on a real-life event that occurred in 2001. It centers on Thérèse Bourgoin (Huppert), a French woman who works for a humanitarian organization on Palawan Island in the Philippines. While she is transporting equipment to Puerto Princesa, she is kidnapped by mistake with a colleague by Muslim extremist group Abu Sayyaf, who are fighting for Mindanao independence."
Dictado (Childish Games)
Spain
By Antonio Chavarrías (Susanna,...
- 12/19/2011
- MUBI
Now that the fall “awards festival” circuit is finally at a close — but with Sundance looming in the distance — it’s easy to forget about Biff — the Berlin International Film Festival, that is. (See, I even have to give the name.) This might have something to do with their less-than-huge lineup; in terms of films playing in competition, last year’s biggest art house title was The Turin Horse, while the most mainstream was probably Margin Call. Nothing too slim, but not much compared to Cannes, Venice, or Tiff.
The first round of titles to play this coming February (via Twitch) do carry a few major titles, though. Among them are The Flowers of War (which we were quite ecstatic about), Guy Maddin‘s Keyhole, Extremely Loud…, Kevin Macdonald‘s Bob Marley documentary, and an expansion of Werner Herzog‘s Into the Abyss. A few other foreign titles carry potential,...
The first round of titles to play this coming February (via Twitch) do carry a few major titles, though. Among them are The Flowers of War (which we were quite ecstatic about), Guy Maddin‘s Keyhole, Extremely Loud…, Kevin Macdonald‘s Bob Marley documentary, and an expansion of Werner Herzog‘s Into the Abyss. A few other foreign titles carry potential,...
- 12/19/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Don—The King is Back (Don 2) directed by Farhan Akhtar will have a special screening at the 62nd Berlin International Film Festival. The festival announced on Monday the first five films for Competition and films to be screened at Berlinale Special.
Don 2 is an Indo-German co-production and will release in theatres in India on December 23, 2011. Mathias Schwerbrock of Germany is associated with the film as a co-producer along with Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and Gauri Khan.
The other films to be screened at Berlinale Special are: documentary Marley by Kevin Macdonald from Great Britain and the USA, the Spanish film La chispa de la vida by Álex de la Iglesia, Guy Maddin’s Keyhole from Canada, as well as Werner Herzog’s documentary series Death Row from the USA.
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 9-19, 2012.
The first five titles in Competition:
Captive...
Don 2 is an Indo-German co-production and will release in theatres in India on December 23, 2011. Mathias Schwerbrock of Germany is associated with the film as a co-producer along with Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani and Gauri Khan.
The other films to be screened at Berlinale Special are: documentary Marley by Kevin Macdonald from Great Britain and the USA, the Spanish film La chispa de la vida by Álex de la Iglesia, Guy Maddin’s Keyhole from Canada, as well as Werner Herzog’s documentary series Death Row from the USA.
The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival will be held from February 9-19, 2012.
The first five titles in Competition:
Captive...
- 12/19/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Jake Gyllenhaal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Anton Corbijn Get Berlin Festival Jury Duty The 62nd Berlin International Film Festival has set its first five competition films, and has selected the Stephen Daldry-directed Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close and the Zhang Yimou-directed The Flowers Of War to screen out of competition. The selected productions and co-productions are from Indonesia, Spain, the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong/China, the Philippines, Great Britain, Germany, the U.S. and France. Here are the films so far: Captive, France/Philippines/Germany/Great Britain. By Brillante Mendoza (Serbis, Kinatay, Lola.) With Isabelle Huppert, Katherine Mulville, Marc Zanetta. World premiere. Dictado (Childish Games), Spain. By Antonio Chavarrías (Susanna, Volverás, Las vidas de Celia) With Juan Diego Botto, Barbara Lennie, Mágica Pérez. World premiere. Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close, USA By Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours, The Reader) With Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max von Sydow,...
- 12/19/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
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