Letters from Prague


Letters from Prague is a 2016 Indonesian drama film directed by Angga Dwimas Sasongko. It was selected as the Indonesian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.

Plot

Letters from Prague tells a story of a thirty-something divorcee woman, Larasati, who is urged to fulfill her mother's last will, Sulastri, to deliver a box that contains letters from her past to Jaya, an old man living in Prague.
Later, it is revealed that Jaya was Sulastri's fiance who failed to fulfill his promise to return home decades ago. Jaya was studying in Prague when the transition to the New Order happened in 1966. As Soekarno's supporter, he was banned by Soeharto's new regime from returning to Indonesia and forced to live in exile in Prague. Throughout the film, Jaya tells Larasati the lonely life of exiles in Prague, and Larasati begins to understand her mother better.

Cast

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