Jermal Screening: Mon. Oct 12th, 2009 @ 7:15 PM - Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael, CA
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With no one to turn to and nowhere to go after his mother's death, 12-year-old Jaya sails out to a deep-sea fishing depot (known as a jermal) to find his long-lost father. Dad has his hands full managing the isolated way station and a crew of ragamuffin workers; bonding with a child he abandoned years earlier is the last thing on his mind. But the older man harbors a dark secret that keeps him from returning his stowaway. Jaya must adapt to alpha-dog life aboard his new home, and his guardian must finally reconcile with the past. Filled with lyrical, near-wordless passages of laboring lost boys, this Indonesian drama wrings plenty of hardscrabble pathos from its poetic-realist mojo. It's the familial relationship at the center of the film, however, that sticks with you: two lonely souls, slowly realizing that the bonds of blood are indeed thicker than seawater. US Premiere. —David Fear
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Screening:
Mon. Oct 12th, 2009 @ 7:15 PM - Smith Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA
This film has gone to RUSH. If seats become available, they will be sold to patrons in the RUSH line on a first come, first served basis. Cash only, no discounts.
