Chants of Lotus
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Fatimah Tobing
Rieke Dyah Pitaloka
Rachel Maryam
Kirana Larasati
Sarah Sechan
Susan Bachtiar
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Four women filmmakers tackle four different stories about lives of marginalized women in Indonesia: in "Chant From an Island", a midwife in a deserted island sacrifices her dying health to rescue a mentally challenged woman; in "Chant From a Tourist Town", a high-school student toys around with an overwhelming access to free sex, which may put her life in jeopardy; in "Chant From a Village", a single mother is forced to see her daughter and her best friend fall victims to women and children trafficking syndicate; and in "Chant From the Capital City", a middle class Chinese woman is about to be separated from her only daughter because of an HIV threat.
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Released in United States October 2008
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Special Program in Focus - 2008 Asian Omnibus Collection) October 2-10, 2008.
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Special Program in Focus - 2008 Asian Omnibus Collection) October 2-10, 2008.)
