This City Is A Battlefield #BKKIFF2025

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Hebrew (Thai & English Subs) +Post-screening Q&A | Indonesia, Jakarta, 1946. After the declaration of independence, Jakarta remained under Dutch control, triggering bloody clashes between the army and the resistance movement. Isa (portrayed by Chicco Jericho), a hero during the war for independence, turned violin teacher, is involved with the resistance with his friend and violin student Hazil (portrayed by Jerome Kurnia), a wealthy, young and handsome man with a fervent fighting spirit. When Isa is asked to operate an underground mission to kill an important Dutch official in the attempt for the resistance to defend Indonesia’s independence, Hazil by his side is eager to take on the underground mission, but he is one who is also trying to win Isa’s wife, Fatimah (portrayed by Ariel Tatum). A great pianist and a courageous woman who fights to protect her family, Fatimah finds her feelings divided between the two men.